On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:05:04AM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >>> Can someone use Git without installing any software? If yes, then we >>> might be able to replace other methods. If no, then lots of people will >>> prefer to stay with what they already have installed. >> >> you can get snapshots without installing git ever. >> >> just go to http://repo.or.cz/w/MacVim.git (hey a vim mac port under git) >> and you can click on any of the "snapshot" bullets... >> >> you'll get a tar.gz matching a particular commit or a tag (yellow >> boxes, useful to track releases/milestones), or even experimental >> branches (in green) without ever had to install git, it even works >> with internet explorer... > > Getting a tar.gz archive is not the same as running "cvs update". > Same for using wget. One can always download the archives if you are > willing to start from scratch. Using git that way is not an > improvement.
You can wget individual patches from git.
For example:
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0deedbcc98a831284f6e9db2510e88e90e01c286;hp=5dd06d08015cf9c0721f34f7005ecd670025c334
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