On May 19, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
or Git?
It seems a bit kludgy with all of its different commands and scripts. Also I don't really like its code. It's using standard C functions
for string manipulations and in general it's using a lot with fixed size buffers. If it wasn't written by kernel developers, I'd say it's most likely full of buffer overflows. But since it is (was?), perhaps
there are only a few. I don't want to risk it.Just out of curiosity I checked it. There are even basic string manipulation errors in their code:
[newbie programmer insanity snipped]
And good luck getting it running if your isn't Linux running on an
x86 PC. I lost a good bit of hair getting it running a few weeks ago
just to get the sources of ONE PACKAGE whose maintainers decided to
adopt git as their "pet" source code control system.
*grumble*
-Dave-- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL