Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:14:17 -0500 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: github ports Message-ID: <79bdc2dc938a0832051ad7d21faa3066.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <mailman.98.1610366402.21235.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.98.1610366402.21235.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, January 11, 2021 03:57, Erwan David wrote:
>
> What is the solution for those who are not interessed/cannot handle the
> whole history with all branches ?
>
What is meant by the term handle in this case? Insofar as disc space goes Git
uses a hashing algorithm to identify file changes and only actually stores
those. It references everything else so that a particular version of a file
(based on content) is only stored once. It is a very economical system with
respect to storage. One can liken it to rsync in that fashion; it only keeps
the stuff it does not already have.
Once you get used to Git it turns out to be exceptionally flexible. The main
problem that I have is keeping track of what branch I am on. I have somewhat
ameliorated this by using a script that dynamically modifies my prompt to tell
me where I am.
The only thing about Git that I find lacking is that by design it does not keep
track of the file times. There are third-party addons to do this but, Git
itself does not.
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