[darcs-users] Darcs backend for Gitit

[Gwern Branwen]

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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Miklos Vajna  wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 02:27:18PM -0500, Gwern Branwen  wrote:
>>        _                       -> error $ "git merge-file returned an
>> error.\n" ++ err
>>
>> I've tried to read up on Git, but I don't understand this. Is it just
>> a clone of the Unix command merge, as
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-merge-file.html
>> suggests?
>
> Yes.

OK, that's good. Means if I write a function for the command, then
it's not tied to any backend at all.

>> The last two issues involve git cat-file
>> http://book.git-scm.com/7_browsing_git_objects.html (I am unsure what
>> the Darcs analogue is) and figuring out how to parse the changelog
>> XML, but those aren't major issues.
>
> darcs show contents?

That doesn't handle directories quite the same way, but it should work
since I think gitCatFile is only called on files.

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gwern
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