From: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git guidance
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:57:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6DFD2A04-1D18-4B04-98BA-AE14F6BDB4C7@mac.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711290827.04950.a1426z@gawab.com>
On Nov 29, 2007, at 00:27:04, Al Boldi wrote:
> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> Besides, you can always use "git show <revision>:<file>". For
>> example gitweb (and I think other web interfaces) can show any
>> version of a file or a directory, accessing only repository.
>
> Sure, browsing is the easy part, but Version Control starts when
> things become writable.
But... git history is very inherently completely immutable once
created... that's the only way you can index everything with a simple
SHA-1. If you want to write to the "git filesystem" by adding new
commits then you need to use the appropriate commands, same as every
other VCS on the planet.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-29 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-27 22:33 git guidance Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-27 22:54 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-11-27 22:55 ` Kristoffer Ericson
2007-11-27 23:52 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-11-28 0:43 ` Kristoffer Ericson
2007-11-28 0:49 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-28 12:49 ` Al Boldi
2007-11-28 13:45 ` Rogan Dawes
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711281545170.27959@racer.site>
2007-11-28 17:14 ` Al Boldi
2007-11-28 18:14 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-28 18:30 ` Al Boldi
2007-11-28 18:41 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-11-29 5:27 ` Al Boldi
2007-11-29 12:57 ` Kyle Moffett [this message]
2007-11-28 13:38 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-28 21:20 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-11-28 11:23 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-28 12:31 ` Kristoffer Ericson
2007-11-27 23:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-28 15:15 ` Dave Quigley
2007-11-28 15:57 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-28 16:37 ` Dave Quigley
2007-11-28 19:10 ` willem
2007-11-28 19:18 ` Dave Quigley
2007-11-28 23:22 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2007-11-29 12:45 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-29 13:03 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2007-11-28 7:41 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-11-29 12:51 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-11-29 15:52 Jing Xue
2007-11-29 16:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-01 6:50 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-04 22:21 ` Phillip Susi
2007-12-07 17:35 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-06 18:24 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-07 18:55 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-06 20:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-07 4:37 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-07 8:40 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-07 10:53 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-07 11:47 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-12-07 19:04 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-07 19:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-12-07 22:07 ` Luke Lu
2007-12-08 4:56 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-08 5:16 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-12-08 10:41 ` Al Boldi
2007-12-08 11:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-07 12:30 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-07 21:17 ` david
2007-12-07 22:00 ` Björn Steinbrink
2007-12-06 21:46 ` Phillip Susi
2007-12-08 6:33 ` Martin Langhoff
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