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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:55:02 -0700
From:      "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com>
To:        "Dave Horsfall" <dave@horsfall.org>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Ports" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Of Git and M$
Message-ID:  <bdf932b54f454253d2a3898feffdf884@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>

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On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:26:36 +1000 (EST) "Dave Horsfall" <dave@horsfall=2Eorg=
> said

> A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase=
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> of GitHub affect future development?  After all, they'll get to call the=
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> shots=2E=2E=2E[*]  The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF documen=
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> format (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which=
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> being plain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have)=2E
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> I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry=
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> McEvoy) I happen to know from another mailing list=2E  Apparently,=20
> converting from Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import"=2E
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> And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothin=
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> to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an=
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> alternative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about=20
> everything since SCCS)=2E
Thanks, Dave=2E I had intended to bring up similar dialog, when I discovered =
the
announcement=2E Not a big loss to me, as I've always been more of a GitLab fa=
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But hadn't looked at BitKeeper=2E Thanks for the reference!
--Chris
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> [*]
> Remember their motto: "Embrace, extend, extinguish"=2E
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> -- Dave, who has been called paranoid before
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