Forwarded to list because my client did a dumb. ________________________________ From: Matthew Sexton Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2023 7:45 PM To: René Neumann Subject: Re: ANN: arch-log: a tool for quickly checking package commit logs for Arch & AUR Hello! I actually found this quite nifty and appreciate you creating it. I have no idea how often I'll actually use it, but your aur package has my vote. I can't seem to finish any of my pet projects. Go you! ________________________________ From: René Neumann Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2023 2:49 PM To: arch-general@lists.archlinux.org Subject: Re: ANN: arch-log: a tool for quickly checking package commit logs for Arch & AUR Ah, I forgot the fourth point: I had fun writing it. Don't forget that the "I had an idea for a fun toy project" is what starts/drives most of our OSS ecosystem, including the start of Linux itself :) - René Am 16.07.23 um 20:41 schrieb René Neumann:

Am 16.07.23 um 18:14 schrieb Polarian:

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You can simply use git clone to clone the repository from the dumb http frontend, and then use git log to show the logs, I do not see why this needs to be wrapped with a script as it is already a simple process to do.

First: I'd need the repo URL for cloning (mind that this is different between AUR repos and Arch repos). So I'd need a script to automate it¹

Second: I don't want to have all the repos lying around, when all I need is to see the log.

Third: Nobody is forcing you to use the tool. I needed it for myself and wanted to share it, in case anyone else fancies it.

- René

¹ NB: I have such a script already, for when I actually intend to clone a repo.