On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 2:36 PM Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 4:38 AM William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> > wrote: > > > > On 4/9/23 16:04, Nuno Silva wrote: > > > > > > (But note that Rich was suggesting using the *search* feature of the > > > gitweb interface, which, in this case, also finds the same topmost > > > commit if I search for "reedsolomon".) > > > > > tkx, missed that! > > Note that in terms of indexing git and CVS have their pros and cons, > because they use different data structures. I've heard the saying > that Git is a data structure masquerading as an SCM, and certainly the > inconsistencies in the command line operations bear that out. > I'd always heard that Git is a file system and all useful side effects are pure luck -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
