From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22062 invoked by alias); 14 Oct 2011 15:38:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 21940 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Oct 2011 15:38:55 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from relay1.mentorg.com (HELO relay1.mentorg.com) (192.94.38.131) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:38:41 +0000 Received: from nat-ies.mentorg.com ([192.94.31.2] helo=EU1-MAIL.mgc.mentorg.com) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1REjqK-0001eX-9Y from joseph_myers@mentor.com ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:38:40 -0700 Received: from digraph.polyomino.org.uk ([172.16.63.104]) by EU1-MAIL.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:38:38 +0100 Received: from jsm28 (helo=localhost) by digraph.polyomino.org.uk with local-esmtp (Exim 4.74) (envelope-from ) id 1REjqH-000311-E4; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:38:37 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:39:00 -0000 From: "Joseph S. Myers" To: Jan Kratochvil cc: "Alfred M. Szmidt" , pmuldoon@redhat.com, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GIT and CVS In-Reply-To: <20111014070117.GA14467@host1.jankratochvil.net> Message-ID: References: <20111014060106.GA9490@host1.jankratochvil.net> <20111014070117.GA14467@host1.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-10/txt/msg00136.txt.bz2 On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > And when you commit GIT->CVS it took me for the last 12-parts patchser over an > hour, moreover making a mistake breaking the repository by forgotten files: > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-10/msg00243.html > Add forgotten gdb/dwarf2-frame-tailcall.c. > Add forgotten gdb/dwarf2-frame-tailcall.h. I really don't think this is an argument for one version control system over another. They all seem to make it far too easy to commit patches where you've accidentally failed to add new files to version control. -- Joseph S. Myers joseph@codesourcery.com