Hey all,
ASF project sites have the ability to use git instead of subversion as
their repository for web site content [1]. It has been available since
2015 and appears to be quite stable. Quite a few other projects have
also moved their websites to git and subsequently, Gitbox (for using
Github as their source of truth. As an example, see the Arrow project [2].
I myself would love to see this as I find gits interface and ux to be
much easier to use compared to svn. It also reduces the need to context
switch between Git and svn when editing and pushing the site.
My overall goal is to find a way to automate the publishing and build of
our websites either via Jenkins builds (there are some projects are
doing this already when I searched infra) or the new Github actions [3].
Having the site hosted in Git would make this process much easier to
automate. I will need to get in touch with infra to clarify a few things
and to see if this is feasible, but I think this is a worthwhile endeavor.
How do you guys feel about moving our site's repository from svn to GitBox?
Francis
[1] https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/git_based_websites_available
[2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-17655
[3] https://github.com/features/actions
