On Saturday 07 June 2008 10:48:35 pm Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi, > > I've just had a look at http://wiki.debian.org/Games/VCS and I'm a bit > afraid. First off, there are plenty of things listed there, which is a > good thing. But it looks quite messy to me, and even knowing a bit about > those tools, I'm tempted to run away. :) > > I'd like to propose the following things: > - Split that page in two pages, e.g. vcs-svn and vcs-git, and link to > those pages instead. Now you'll have two messy pages as opposed to one. > - Have a more logical division between the following parts (maybe in a > different order): > - migration from svn; > - initial import for a new package; > - day to day use. > > That said, I've got a couple of comments: > - I'd rather point to ~/.gitconfig than to exporting variables (one > usually puts the exports in ~/.bashrc and forgets about sourcing it, > relogging, etc.; and that's the way to specify those info anyway). > Note that it can be overriden with a local .git/config in any git > repository. > - Use “git *” rather than “git-*” in documentation, since the former is > planned for removal. The usage doesn't change at all, but I think > it's better to be prepared to use the new form, and now that the > documentation will still be available as “man git-*”. > - I fear that git pull will create dummy merge entries, I'd rather > advocate the use of git fetch, and then git merge or git rebase > depending on the appropriate use. I've got to check vcs-pkg.org, > there might be nice (possibly graphical) explanations about that. > > That's all for now. Oh, and I didn't forget what I wrote an hour ago, > but I quite sure it's not worth pasting the current page right now, it'd > be better to have it splitted into smaller parts before discussing it > more in depth. > > Mraw, > KiBi. Feel free to make any changes to the VCS wiki page. -- Regards, Andres
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