On Wed, Mar 07 2018, Dorab Patel jotted: > 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. You can also check out the VC mode that ships with Emacs itself. I prefer Magit, but the VC mode is more lightweight. > 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
