From: Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
To: Linh Dang <linhd@nortel.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Git recommendations
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:10:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492b1878.0baa660a.1558.ffff81e4@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20081124T193053-389@post.gmane.org> (Linh Dang's message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:44:09 +0000 (UTC)")
Linh Dang <linhd@nortel.com> writes:
> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev <at> googlemail.com> writes:
>
>>
>>
>> I've just spent a short time giving the crash test dummy procedure to a
>> few git interfaces for emacs. All have their benefits. A lot have their
>> negatives, But my immediate favourite for anyone thinking of using emacs
>> interface to git for org is the following:
>>
>> http://tsgates.cafe24.com/git/git-emacs.html#sec1
>>
>> It doesn't come with a lot of default key bindings but the two most
>> important for those familiar with vc-backend are there:
>>
>> C-x v v
>> and
>> C-x v =
>
> egg's file-oriented minor-mode also has those 2 mappings (as well as
> other vc main keys such as C-x v u, C-x vl, etc.)
>
>>
>> git-diff interfaces nicely to ediff.
>
> if the egg's status buffer, if you type [RET] at a conflicting delta
> (after a merge/rebase), egg will launch ediff3 to let you resolve the
> conflict.
>
>> magit and egg tend to
>> git-status centric as opposed to file centric.
>
> egg is has minor-mode which is fairly file-oriented. egg's "C-x v v"
> sequence is customizable to match your personal workflow
>
>> emacs-git is a nice
>> mixture. It palms off the log/history interface to gitk - no need to
>> reinvent the wheel.
>
> egg uses the log buffer to do branch/tag creation/deletion as well
> as pull/push/fetch etc.
>
> http://github.com/bogolisk/egg/wikis
>
>>
>> Simple, powerful, extensible. Recommended.
>>
>> Oh, but missing staging .... which magit and egg support but vc-git,
>> git.el and emacs-git do not. I think ...
>
> magit and egg main raison-d'etre was exactly that: hunk-by-hunk
> staging/unstaging.
>
>
> I haven't touch egg for a while and of course I'm biased.
Since then I discovered DVC.
http://richardriley.net/default/projects/emacs/dvc/tutorial/index
It's a shame so much effort is going into so many disjoint projects in
my view. They all cover different subsets and none appear to have a
large enough following to ensure interest and hence maintenance. Time
will tell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-24 21:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-27 14:44 Git recommendations Richard Riley
2008-10-27 17:53 ` Ross Patterson
2008-10-27 18:22 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-27 18:31 ` Ross Patterson
2008-10-27 18:47 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-27 20:51 ` Mykola Nikishov
2008-10-28 18:40 ` Ross Patterson
2008-11-24 19:44 ` Linh Dang
2008-11-24 21:10 ` Richard Riley [this message]
2008-12-01 2:29 ` Samuel Wales
2008-12-01 14:25 ` Alex Ott
2008-12-01 15:56 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-07 22:15 ` Samuel Wales
2008-12-08 12:36 ` Tim O'Callaghan
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