Re: git: bec21c95d998 - main - Tools/scripts: remove addport

From: Tobias C. Berner <tcberner_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 07:41:16 UTC
Moin moin


On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 08:34, Alexander Leidinger
<Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
>
> Quoting Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> (from Mon, 9 May 2022 19:06:33 GMT):
>
> > The branch main has been updated by rene:
> >
> > URL:
> > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=bec21c95d998ff28ef8a8337cec3b9fce8074ce8
> >
> > commit bec21c95d998ff28ef8a8337cec3b9fce8074ce8
> > Author:     Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2022-04-30 19:53:22 +0000
> > Commit:     Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2022-05-09 19:06:06 +0000
> >
> >     Tools/scripts: remove addport
> >
> >     The addport script is no longer useful since git has been introduced in
>
> Why?
>
> Git is not different compared to even CVS in what the script helped to
> do (automate the sorted insertion into the category Makefile and
> validating a few aspects of before commit). IT helps preventing
> mistakes for people which rarely add a new port.
git supports hooks, and we have a hook for that :) -- if you enable
the hooks, you cannot even commit without adding SUBDIR to the
category-Makefile.


mfg Tobias

>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
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