Re: On what days are the git servers available to obtain the ports tree?

From: Ewout1 (Excite/BlueTie) <ewout1_at_bluetiehome.com>
Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 07:08:20 UTC

> Op 3 mei 2022, om 01:07 heeft Tatsuki Makino <tatsuki_makino@hotmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I'm a maintainer too :)
> Probably, git is difficult for maintainers to keep the following conditions.
> 
> # git status --show-stash --
> On branch main
> Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
> .
> nothing to commit, working tree clean
> 
> To clean it up without cloning, we will have to make full use of the following commands, which are listed here.
> 
> # git stash push --all -- :/
> # git stash pop
> # git pull --autostash --rebase --prune --
> # git reset --soft origin --
> # git checkout HEAD -- :/
> # git restore --source=HEAD --staged -- :/
> # git clean -d --force -X -- :/
> 

this seems like mental torture.It perfectly illustrates why one should be sceptical  about git. Keep in mind that git advocates at FreeBSD say that SVN is not “suitable” anymore. SVN may have its drawbacks, but Torvalds’ brainchild is more screwed up if you ask me.

Ewout Boks


> I will not give an explanation of what each is :)
> :/ is not an emoticon :)
> 
> It is my opinion that if we can maintain a non-clone, it will be less likely to be a 504.
> 
> Regards.
> 
>