Tassilo Horn <
tassilo@...> writes:
> Ted Zlatanov <
tzz@...> writes:
>
> Hi Ted,
>
>> ESR> But I think it's worth noting that pretty much all the good
>> ESR> things being said about git apply equally to other DVCSes such as
>> ESR> Mercurial, bzr, monotone, darcs, and Codeville. All of these
>> ESR> have very similar basic models based on commit-before-merge and
>> ESR> push/pull operations.
>>
>> Has there ever been an ELisp-based VCS? Should we at least consider
>> it? The advantages are significant for this group of developers, and
>> it would certainly benefit other users. The major disadvantage
>> (besides having to write the code), I imagine, is incompatibility with
>> other VCSs, and that can be addressed by a bridge to CVS/Git/Arch/etc
>> as deemed appropriate (similar to the git-svn bridge).
>
> I'd say that this would be a monster-job where we simply don't have
> the man-power to do that.
git consists of low-level commands (plumbing) and user-level commands
(porcelain). The plumbing can be used for implementing a number of
different workflows if one wants to.
--
David Kastrup
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