Re: Assorted concerns about git repository

2007-12-31 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 23:10 -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote: > In light of this, I admit (red-faced) that the directory of patches > actually seems to be better than anything git supports natively. I > wonder if the git people have a recommended solution for projects like > rsync that have a trunk and

Re: Assorted concerns about git repository

2007-11-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
Wayne, Thanks for addressing the concerns. I have some comments: On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 15:33 -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > The main purpose for the generated files being in CVS and/or git > (including the magic "configure" script) is to make the build farm work. > When a human checks out the fil

Re: Assorted concerns about git repository

2007-11-28 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 03:48:10PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote: > 1. It looks like you retroactively removed all generated files from > the history. This may inconvenience a user who seeks to an older > version of the source code and lacks the magic "configure" to help > regenerate the files. The

Assorted concerns about git repository

2007-11-17 Thread Matt McCutchen
Wayne, I have a few more concerns about the git repository: 1. It looks like you retroactively removed all generated files from the history. This may inconvenience a user who seeks to an older version of the source code and lacks the magic "configure" to help regenerate the files. You also remo