From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: VCS comparison table Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:50 -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> <20061018172945.c0c58c38.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20061018213703.GE19194@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 18 23:45:12 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 1GaJDf-0002oS-LE for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:45:00 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423022AbWJRVox (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423020AbWJRVox (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:53 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.161]:27788 "EHLO bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423022AbWJRVow (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:52 -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-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:44:51 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaIHS-0002jl-9G; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:44:50 -0400 To: Shawn Pearce Message-Id: <20061018174450.f2108a21.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20061018213703.GE19194@spearce.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.10.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Oct 2006 21:44:51.0717 (UTC) FILETIME=[A434B350:01C6F2FE] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:37:03 -0400 Shawn Pearce wrote: > Today Git is typically extended (at least initially in prototyping > mode) through Perl, Python, TCL or Bourne shell scripts. Although > the first three are available natively on Windows the last requires > Cygwin... and we've had some issues with ActiveState Perl on Windows > in the past too. Just for kicks and giggles it would be nice if someone tried out one of the native Windows bourne shell ports[1] just to see how much is missing. A bunch of command line utilities would have to be ported as well; maybe too many. But i've held out booting a Windows box for a long time so.... not it! Sean [1] For example, http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/bash/