Confusing namespace for git in Intrepid repository

Ethan Baldridge ethan at superiordocumentservices.com
Wed Oct 22 13:07:39 UTC 2008


Currently `apt-get install git` gives one a virtual package for "gnuit"
from universe, which is some sort of midnight commander-alike. This
seems rather odd considering that a) the program already has another
name and package (gnuit), and b) a far greater audience would associate
"git" with the source code management utility designed by Linus (which
is what I was actually trying to install).

Shouldn't the virtual package "git" instead pull in git-core, git-gui,
and perhaps git-cvs and git-svn?




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