Hi Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Gobeille, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Freitag, 15. November 2013 15:22 > To: Meier, Roger > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FOSSology] git repository for fossology? > > On Nov 15, 2013, at 3:52 AM, Meier, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experience with git vs. svn on open source projects is > > - git enables easier merges, cherry-picking, etc. > > - work offline with the whole commit history > > - many projects changed from svn to git and got more contributors > > - Signed-Off-By and Tested-By can be used for review workflow > > - projects hosted on gitlab, github or gitorious allow users to fork repos, > they > > can send back their changes easily via pull request to the origin > project > > => speed up and simplify contributions significantly > > > > Regarding to the trouble, many git clients(gui and commandline) are > available and > > as easy to use as svn clients. > > > > Main difference is the evolution from centralized to distributed version > control. > > If the majority of code developers want to change, I’ll go along with it. I > think in this case it makes sense to classify a code developer as anyone who > has contributed a code change (either by submitting a patch or that has svn > access). I’ll also take votes from anyone who says they would contribute if > we moved to git. Fair enough? Great, thats cool! Here's a +1 for git from my side.
All the best! Roger PS: I gave it a try by converting trunk to git with https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git And the result is here: https://github.com/bufferoverflow/fossology _______________________________________________ fossology mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
