Re: announce: git browser

Artem Khodush [off-list ref] writes:

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This is not to discourage yet another web based one, but I wish
there were an NNTP interface, that feeds each repository/branch
as a newsgroup and each commit as if it is "git-format-patch"
output, with References: pointing at its parent commit "articles".

A merge commit would probably become a multipart with usually 2
attachments (but N attachments for a N-way octopus), showing
diff from each branch.

I'll see if I can do something with Perl and Net::NNTP..

"Ask and it shall be given you" ;-)

In case it was not obvious, I was talking about an NNTP server,
not a client.

You would probably have to keep a mapping between sequence
number and commit object name in each "newsgroup", which is the
only nontrivial part.

In case it was not obvious, I was talking about an NNTP server,
not a client.

You would probably have to keep a mapping between sequence
number and commit object name in each "newsgroup", which is the
only nontrivial part.

And the reason why special NNTP server is needed is, I guess,
that plain NNTP server will not be able to cope with all the diffs
stored in message database? Well, but then, the newsgroups
will not be distributable..

Or is there any other reason?