From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: VCS comparison table Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:29:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9e4733910610140807p633f5660q49dd2d2111c9f5fe@mail.gmail.com> <45349162.90001@op5.se> <453536AE.6060601@utoronto.ca> <200610172301.27101.jnareb@gmail.com> <45354AD0.1020107@utoronto.ca> <45355CBB.80108@utoronto.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, bazaar-ng@lists.canonical.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 18 23:29:59 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaIz2-0008Ej-MY for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:29:53 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422988AbWJRV3t (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:29:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422995AbWJRV3t (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:29:49 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp06.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.166]:35296 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP06.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422988AbWJRV3s (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:29:48 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [65.93.43.81] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([65.93.43.81]) by BAYC1-PASMTP06.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:32:57 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaI2s-0002gW-1h; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:29:46 -0400 To: Charles Duffy Message-Id: <20061018172945.c0c58c38.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.10.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Oct 2006 21:32:57.0546 (UTC) FILETIME=[FA86DAA0:01C6F2FC] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:04:52 -0500 Charles Duffy wrote: > Example time! > > There's a plugin for Bzr which adds support for Cygwin-compatible > symlink support on Windows. (IIRC, this involves monkey-patching some of > the Python standard library bits). > > Now, this is something which is *proposed* as a feature to be merged > into upstream bzr, and it may happen at some point. That said, when I > have a Windows-using coworker who wants to check out a repository that > has symlinks in it (with his win32-native, no-cygwin-required bzr > upstream binary), I don't need to tell him to go download and build bzr > from a third party; instead, I just need to tell him to run a single > command to check out the plugin in question into the bzr plugins folder. > > From an end-user convenience perspective, it's a pretty significant win. You'll need a better example than that. Git has supported a version of Cygwin-compatible symlink support on Windows for quite some time. And no plugins were needed. Sean From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: VCS comparison table Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:29:45 -0400 Message-ID: <20061018172945.c0c58c38.seanlkml__5735.08153106577$1161333739$gmane$org@sympatico.ca> References: <9e4733910610140807p633f5660q49dd2d2111c9f5fe@mail.gmail.com> <45349162.90001@op5.se> <453536AE.6060601@utoronto.ca> <200610172301.27101.jnareb@gmail.com> <45354AD0.1020107@utoronto.ca> <45355CBB.80108@utoronto.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bazaar-ng@lists.canonical.com, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: bazaar-ng-bounces@lists.canonical.com Fri Oct 20 10:42:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvbg-bazaar-ng@m.gmane.org Received: from esperanza.ubuntu.com ([82.211.81.173]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gapx7-0000tF-Hu for gcvbg-bazaar-ng@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:42:05 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=esperanza.ubuntu.com) by esperanza.ubuntu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GapNW-0007lu-Gr; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:05:18 +0100 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp06.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.166]) by esperanza.ubuntu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GaIyy-0004oW-QN for bazaar-ng@lists.canonical.com; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:29:49 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [65.93.43.81] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([65.93.43.81]) by BAYC1-PASMTP06.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:32:57 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaI2s-0002gW-1h; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:29:46 -0400 To: Charles Duffy Message-Id: <20061018172945.c0c58c38.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.10.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Oct 2006 21:32:57.0546 (UTC) FILETIME=[FA86DAA0:01C6F2FC] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:04:05 +0100 X-BeenThere: bazaar-ng@lists.canonical.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: bazaar-ng discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bazaar-ng-bounces@lists.canonical.com Errors-To: bazaar-ng-bounces@lists.canonical.com Archived-At: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:04:52 -0500 Charles Duffy wrote: > Example time! > > There's a plugin for Bzr which adds support for Cygwin-compatible > symlink support on Windows. (IIRC, this involves monkey-patching some of > the Python standard library bits). > > Now, this is something which is *proposed* as a feature to be merged > into upstream bzr, and it may happen at some point. That said, when I > have a Windows-using coworker who wants to check out a repository that > has symlinks in it (with his win32-native, no-cygwin-required bzr > upstream binary), I don't need to tell him to go download and build bzr > from a third party; instead, I just need to tell him to run a single > command to check out the plugin in question into the bzr plugins folder. > > From an end-user convenience perspective, it's a pretty significant win. You'll need a better example than that. Git has supported a version of Cygwin-compatible symlink support on Windows for quite some time. And no plugins were needed. Sean