Thanks for updating us with the status of git.el. The last time I looked at magit, it was too heavyweight for my needs. I like the simplicity of git.el. But perhaps it's time for me to take another look at magit. On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 3:54 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Having said that, I am sorry to say that I am not sure if the copy >> we have is the one to be patched, so I would appreciate if Alexandre >> (cc'ed) can clarify the situation. The last change done to our copy >> of the script is from 2012, and I do not know if Alexandre is still >> taking care of it here but the script is so perfect that there was >> no need to update it for the past 5 years and we haven't seen an >> update, or the caninical copy is now being maintained elsewhere and >> we only have a stale copy, or what. > > This is the canonical version, and I guess in theory I'm still taking > care of it. However, the need that git.el was originally addressing is > now fulfilled by better tools. As such, I feel that it has outlived its > usefulness, and I'm no longer actively developing it. > > I'd recommend that anybody still using it switch to Magit, which is > being actively maintained, and IMO superior to git.el in all respects. > > -- > Alexandre Julliard > julliard@xxxxxxxxxx
