On 27 Mar 2009 at 9:05, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:21:36 +0100, "Ulrich Windl" > <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What I'd like to see in git (My apologies if some were already discussed to > > death): > > > > 1) The ability to use the file's time at the time of add/commit instead of > > the current time, and the ability tho check outfiles with the times stored > > in the repository. > > > > 2) Keyword substitution. I know it's controverse (dealing with binary files), > > but I'd like to have some automatic version numbering keyword at least: > > Initial idea is that every commit with a change increments the number by > > one, and when merging numbers a and b, the resulting number is max(a, b) + 1. > > impossible. Even with checkin- and checkout hooks, you won't get that > SCCS behaviour. They have to be better in something too :) > /me still misses that but got used to it Hi, what made me wonder is this (about item 1): I thought I've read that blobs store content and attributes, so very obviously I wondered why not store thr "right attributes" (i.e. the time of the file). My reasoning: You make some changes, then test them (which might last several hours or days). The if I'm happy I'll "commit". Naturally I want to see the time of change for each file when the change had been actually made, not when the change was committed. Likewise when checking out, I want to be able to see the time of modification, not the time of commit. I'm aware that many people don't care about such differences... > > > 3) "git undo": If possible undo the effects of the last command. If impossible, add confirmations for some "dangerous" (non-obvious) commands before doing possibly harmful things. Maybe adding a kind of "user-level setting" (novice, expert, guro) could control such confirmations. > > > > Following are some random remarks from a first-time git user, regarding the > > buld/install: > > > > Notes on building git-1.6.1.3 on openSUSE 11.0: > > There is no "asciidoc"; the INSTALL should be more verbose on special > > requirements (i.e. additional packages needed, and where to get them). > > # zypper in asciidoc libcurl-devel "asciidoc" doesn't seem a popular package on some distributions; mine lacks it... > > (yes, 'make install-man' should stop soon after detecting asciidoc is > not installed Regards, Ulrich -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
