Merge lp:~jelmer/brz/git-limitations into lp:brz/3.0

Proposed by Jelmer Vernooij
Status: Merged
Approved by: Jelmer Vernooij
Approved revision: no longer in the source branch.
Merge reported by: The Breezy Bot
Merged at revision: not available
Proposed branch: lp:~jelmer/brz/git-limitations
Merge into: lp:brz/3.0
Diff against target: 34 lines (+19/-0)
2 files modified
doc/en/user-guide/git_limitations.txt (+18/-0)
doc/en/user-guide/index-plain.txt (+1/-0)
To merge this branch: bzr merge lp:~jelmer/brz/git-limitations
Reviewer Review Type Date Requested Status
Martin Packman Approve
Review via email: mp+363692@code.launchpad.net

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Add overview of limitations in Breezy's Git support.

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Add overview of limitations in Breezy's Git support.

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Martin Packman (gz) wrote :

Thanks, good docs.

review: Approve

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=== added file 'doc/en/user-guide/git_limitations.txt'
--- doc/en/user-guide/git_limitations.txt 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ doc/en/user-guide/git_limitations.txt 2019-02-27 01:43:59 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
1Git Limitations
2===============
3
4Breezy's support for Git repositories currently has the following limitations:
5
6* No support for creating annotated tags. pad.lv/1758185
7* No support for gitattributes and the features that depend on it (lfs, eol, etc). pad.lv/1802797
8* Limited support for submodules. pad.lv/402814
9* No rename/copy inference. pad.lv/1760740
10* No support for creating shallow branches (pad.lv/1760151)
11* No good way to refer to git remotes from the command-line (pad.lv/1702283)
12* No mailmap support (pad.lv/544031)
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14Functionality similar to git that's missing:
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16* No rebase command. pad.lv/1708046
17* No --amend option for commit. pad.lv/507529
18* No clone/fetch commands. pad.lv/831939
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=== modified file 'doc/en/user-guide/index-plain.txt'
--- doc/en/user-guide/index-plain.txt 2018-11-24 15:56:05 +0000
+++ doc/en/user-guide/index-plain.txt 2019-02-27 01:43:59 +0000
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
114.. include:: setting_up_email.txt114.. include:: setting_up_email.txt
115.. include:: http_smart_server.txt115.. include:: http_smart_server.txt
116.. include:: writing_a_plugin.txt116.. include:: writing_a_plugin.txt
117.. include:: git_limitations.txt
117.. include:: licence.txt118.. include:: licence.txt
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119.. |--| unicode:: U+2014120.. |--| unicode:: U+2014

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