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From: Linh Dang <linhd@nortel.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Git recommendations
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:44:09 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20081124T193053-389@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: nkiqregksu.fsf@development.richardriley.net

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.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-24 19:45 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 [this message]
2008-11-24 21:10   ` Richard Riley
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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