Question: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Christopher Jones < > christopher.jo...@oracle.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 03/19/2012 01:31 PM, Kris Craig wrote: >> >>> I added an entry to the FAQ about the merge.ff option >>> available in newer clients. >>> >> >> Would it be more visible if that comment was moved to the Recommended Git >> Settings section? >> >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> Email: christopher.jo...@oracle.com >> Tel: +1 650 506 8630 >> Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ >> >> > Hmm good idea, I'll move it there and mention the client version > requirement (tnx for looking that up, Gábor!). > > --Kris > > Regarding the recommended method for using git clone, after a little tinkering I realized that I do, in fact, have SSH access for Git-- Or, to be more precise, I didn't have access but I had the ability to make it so that I did. Specifically, I noticed the "SSH Key" field in user administration (is that new or was that always there?). By using ssh-keygen and adding the newly-generated public key to that field in my php.net user account, I was able to successfully perform a git clone using g...@git.php.net:php-src.git. So here's my question: Assuming everyone with SVN karma can do this as well, is there any cost that would make it undesirable for us to recommend wide use of this? I.e. I remember somebody mentioning something about limited SSH ports available. Could you elaborate on that? If it is doable, then I'd recommend scrapping my previous suggestion and going with the SSH option (though still mentioning the https one as an lighter-weight alternative) and also adding a brief section on how to configure add/configure the necessary keys to make it work. Again I'm more than happy to do the heavy lifting on actually updating the docs; I just want to make sure we're all on the same page before I do. Thanks! =) --Kris
