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List:       fossil-users
Subject:    Re: [fossil-users] Features request
From:       Michael Richter <ttmrichter () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-07-01 5:18:58
Message-ID: AANLkTilBIlTuTb60th9ScKwjrKT5hEfMmK7-hCUTnSQV () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 30 June 2010 21:24, Joshua Paine <joshua@letterblock.com> wrote:

> On 06/30/2010 01:52 AM, Ruslan Popov wrote:
> > When I use git I like its feature to do 'more' showing huge diff.
> > Especially it would be convinient for fossil on Windows.
>
> `fossil diff | more`  Windows doesn't have much of a command line
> environment, but that much at least works on my Windows XP test machine.
>

I remember when the Unix philosophy was espoused as "a collection of tools,
each of which does one thing well, connected together by pipes".

Now it seems Unix is "a collection of tools, each of which is bloated with
overlapping functionality that is none of it very good".

Why does git replicate functionality in a utility that's been in Unix (and
Windows (and OS/2 (and DOS (and even the DEC OSes in some form or
another)))) since time immemorial?

-- 
"Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of
entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people.
It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot."
--Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.

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<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 June 2010 21:24, Joshua Paine <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:joshua@letterblock.com">joshua@letterblock.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im">On 06/30/2010 01:52 AM, Ruslan Popov \
wrote:<br> &gt; When I use git I like its feature to do &#39;more&#39; showing huge \
diff.<br> &gt; Especially it would be convinient for fossil on Windows.<br>
<br>
</div>`fossil diff | more`   Windows doesn&#39;t have much of a command line<br>
environment, but that much at least works on my Windows XP test \
machine.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I remember when the Unix philosophy was \
espoused as &quot;a collection of tools, each of which does one thing well, connected \
together by pipes&quot;.</div> <div><br></div><div>Now it seems Unix is &quot;a \
collection of tools, each of which is bloated with overlapping functionality that is \
none of it very good&quot;.</div><div><br></div><div>Why does git replicate \
functionality in a utility that&#39;s been in Unix (and Windows (and OS/2 (and DOS \
(and even the DEC OSes in some form or another)))) since time immemorial?</div> \
</div><br>-- <br>&quot;Perhaps people don&#39;t believe this, but throughout all of \
the discussions of entering China our focus has really been what&#39;s best for the \
                Chinese people. It&#39;s not been about our revenue or profit or \
                whatnot.&quot;<br>
--Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the &quot;don&#39;t be evil&quot; \
mantra.<br>



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