git: a4c3b6f622b8 - main - Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git.

[Torsten Zuehlsdorff]

On 12.04.21 23:55, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am 12.04.21 um 14:09 schrieb Mathieu Arnold:
>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:57:20PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>>> On Tue, 6 Apr 2021, Rene Ladan wrote:
>>>>      Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git.
>>>>      
>>>>      - mfh: this is replaced by 'git cherry-pick -x HASH'
>>>
>>> I believe it would be useful to still have such a tool that one simply
>>> invokes as "mfh $COMMITID" for the quarterly branch as in the past.
>>>
>>> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#ports-qa-misc-commit-mfh
>>> has instructions on how to do this manually, alas that is quite not
>>> as convenient - and hence likely to be used - as the nice original
>>> mfh tool.
>>
>> Well, with Git, mfh would end up being:
>>
>> git checkout 2021Q2
>> git cherry-pick -x $COMMITID
>> git push origin 2021Q2
>>
>> I would rather committers learn how to use git (it is, after all, what
>> they are here for) and then, they can magically now test before pushing.
>>
> 
> This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose.
> Committers/developers are not here to learn Git,
> but they are here to develop.  Git is a tool, not an end in itself.
> 
> I also ask to revive the tool.  If it's so simple then there is no need
> to kill it.

Also beside saving some time you can add some benefits. Like adding a 
check if you are actually pushing into the correct quarterly branch. 
Lets bring back some of the easy checks!

Best,
Torsten