Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
gameoftrees.org
Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
1–10 of 13 posts
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#2"Another one? Why not ...?" - https://www.gameoftrees.org/goals.html
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#3Seems driven primarily by wanting a BSD licensed option. The OpenBSD folks are very talented but are also very ideologically driven. I'm not sure this will get a lot of attention but it is nice seeing another option.
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#4Seems driven primarily by wanting a BSD licensed option. The OpenBSD folks are very talented but are also very ideologically driven. I'm not sure this will get a lot of attention but it is nice seeing another option.
Yes and no, my experience with it is that it is trying to be a minimal Git format-compatible tool that conforms with the coding style and practices of the OpenBSD community, along with their style of development: patches onto mailing lists. It is likely the hope of its developers that it would be included into OpenBSD base at some point. So, true, the license is a part of it, but one part of many.
There is also this:
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#5"Another one? Why not ...?" - https://www.gameoftrees.org/goals.html
If you are wondering why Got even exists, you can just ignore it.
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#6Sounds cool.
What should we call the magit equivalent for got? Magot? Maggot?
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#7Seems driven primarily by wanting a BSD licensed option. The OpenBSD folks are very talented but are also very ideologically driven. I'm not sure this will get a lot of attention but it is nice seeing another option.
Yes and no, my experience with it is that it is trying to be a minimal Git format-compatible tool that conforms with the coding style and practices of the OpenBSD community, along with their style of development: patches onto mailing lists. It is likely the hope of its developers that it would be included into OpenBSD base at some point. So, true, the license is a part of it, but one part of many. There is also this:…
The goals page also implies it is intended to adapt to more OpenBSD filesystem permissions model things, which aren't as important in Linux or cross-platform development (git's intended environments).
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#8Seems driven primarily by wanting a BSD licensed option. The OpenBSD folks are very talented but are also very ideologically driven. I'm not sure this will get a lot of attention but it is nice seeing another option.
Yes and no, my experience with it is that it is trying to be a minimal Git format-compatible tool that conforms with the coding style and practices of the OpenBSD community, along with their style of development: patches onto mailing lists. It is likely the hope of its developers that it would be included into OpenBSD base at some point. So, true, the license is a part of it, but one part of many. There is also this:…
> along with their style of development: patches onto mailing lists
I mean that's also Git's style of development.
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#9Seems driven primarily by wanting a BSD licensed option. The OpenBSD folks are very talented but are also very ideologically driven. I'm not sure this will get a lot of attention but it is nice seeing another option.
The web site is seven years old, and the project nine and a half years. So this isn’t anything new.
Re: Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes and no, my experience with it is that it is trying to be a minimal Git format-compatible tool that conforms with the coding style and practices of the OpenBSD community, along with their style of development: patches onto mailing lists. It is likely the hope of its developers that it would be included into OpenBSD base at some point. So, true, the license is a part of it, but one part of many. There is also this:…
The goals page also implies it is intended to adapt to more OpenBSD filesystem permissions model things, which aren't as important in Linux or cross-platform development (git's intended environments).
i assume you are talking about the things mentioned here: https://www.gameoftrees.org/comparison.html
more applications making use of linux capabilities to restrict access would be nice though.