> On Sep 27, 2022, at 13:19, Ralph Seichter via macports-users
> wrote:
> * Chris Jones:
>
>> For the purposes of the original question here, its more than good enough.
>
> That is, of course, for the OP to decide. I stand by my recommendation
> to use 'git log ...' on a cloned repository, i
* Chris Jones:
> For the purposes of the original question here, its more than good enough.
That is, of course, for the OP to decide. I stand by my recommendation
to use 'git log ...' on a cloned repository, it is a skill well worth
having.
-Ralph
On 26/09/2022 4:21 pm, Ralph Seichter via macports-users wrote:
* Chris Jones:
Cloning is not not necessary for this. Just use the web interface to
navigate to the port of interest and then Examine the history for that
file.
Your assumption that the WebUI offers sufficient means of analysi
* Chris Jones:
> Cloning is not not necessary for this. Just use the web interface to
> navigate to the port of interest and then Examine the history for that
> file.
Your assumption that the WebUI offers sufficient means of analysis is
quite a stretch, IMO. Hence my suggestion to clone the repos
> On 25 Sep 2022, at 9:10 pm, Ralph Seichter via macports-users
> wrote:
>
> * chilli:
>
>> Is it possible to see the version history of a port?
>
> You can clone the publicly available MacPorts Git repository from
> g...@github.com:macports/macports-ports.git and then use 'git log ...'
> t
* chilli:
> Is it possible to see the version history of a port?
You can clone the publicly available MacPorts Git repository from
g...@github.com:macports/macports-ports.git and then use 'git log ...'
to examine ports/subtrees as desired.
-Ralph
Is it possible to see the version history of a port? For instance, how would
one discover how long a port has been available through MacPorts, or the date
the first available version of that port appeared?
Not critical, it's just for curiosity.
