[fpc-devel] [RFC] Modernising the FPC Release Process -- Proposal for Review

n7800 n7800 at inbox.ru
Fri Apr 17 22:45:07 CEST 2026


> 
> In tortoisesvn:
> >
> > - mark 6 repositories in explorer and click update.  All repositories
> > will be updated.
> >
> > In tortoisegit:
> >
> > -  pull, stash window, rebase, stash pop prompt per repository.
> >
> > Just with the update you are already a two dozen of clicks in.
> 
> Maybe use another tool than tortoisegit ?
> 
> I used it in the past. It's an ill-conceived fork of tortoisesvn.
> 
> What you describe I do on the command line in 1 go.
> 
> I don't much care for UI tools but what I see from my colleagues who do
> use
> UI tools, none of them has to do so many clicks as you describe.

I used TortoiseGit when I was learning Git. Now it's just getting in the way. A lot of routine "clicks" are replaced with a simple command or a script.

As I already wrote, you can even create MR in GitLab using the "git push" command, I have a script for that, too, and many others. Graphical clients don't allow for such automation.
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