From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, SORTED_RECIPS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from out1.vger.email (out1.vger.email [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:20]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910E51F4D7 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2022 14:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232328AbiDPOyW (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:54:22 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57060 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231615AbiDPOyU (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:54:20 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19D15E9967 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2022 07:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from host-84-13-159-41.opaltelecom.net ([84.13.159.41] helo=[192.168.1.37]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1nfjm5-0002Tp-At; Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:51:45 +0100 Message-ID: <0ddf91f4-2ea7-e77f-7342-38e4dd379286@iee.email> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:51:44 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] Documentation/ToolsOnGit.txt: gather information about tools Content-Language: en-GB To: Matthieu Moy , COGONI Guillaume Cc: "derrickstolee@github.com" , "git.jonathan.bressat@gmail.com" , "git@vger.kernel.org" , "guillaume.cogoni@gmail.com" , "shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com" References: <20220416123433.28391-1-cogoni.guillaume@gmail.com> <63d7dc69656e47f7bc7bce4839711f32@SAMBXP02.univ-lyon1.fr> <0f8dbbd6-4d7b-4530-ec85-2eddfcdc9825@univ-lyon1.fr> From: Philip Oakley In-Reply-To: <0f8dbbd6-4d7b-4530-ec85-2eddfcdc9825@univ-lyon1.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 16/04/2022 14:25, Matthieu Moy wrote: > >> +== Summary >> + >> +This document aims to gather tools that have a README and/or scripts >> in > +the GIT project. > > I don't think having a README should be the criterion here. To me the > criterion should be "tools that may not work out of the box, but for > which some explanation, configuration or script allow using the tool > properly". I'm of the view that a README is a positive indicator that there is some informational value regarding the tool's use for developing Git being made available. It doesn't always have to be code before it is of assistance in developing Git. Just my £0.02. -- Philip