> GIT for dummies Q:
> 
>   Do you use some web based tool to query the tree on
> the remote server, or do you just do a good 'ole grep of your local copy? (I presume
> grep of the local, but I didn't know if there was some tool that provided
> results with links to the past commits for the found sections of code, etc...)

I use grep locally. Nothing fancy. Takes probably a 10 minutes or so to perform a first-time grep on the entire tree. Subsequent searches are a bit faster as long as I don't do anything to disrupt caching.

I keep my local repository reasonably current. Usually no less than weekly I pull everything and rebuild everything, although I pull local modules more often as they affect my builds. When there is a flurry of patching I'll pull everything daily, even more often if necessary.

Darrell