> From my experience there's no "have to" in Eclipse, only guidelines and best practices.
That may be true in some areas, but I fought hard to avoid squashing history when my project joined Eclipse and lost. I don't think you can avoid it. On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Ondrej Mihályi <[email protected]> wrote: > From my experience there's no "have to" in Eclipse, only guidelines and > best practices. If you have special needs or concerns, you should discuss > with your Eclipse mentor and seek the best for both your project and the > Eclipse foundation. They are very flexible, don't be afraid to express your > concerns if you think the default isn't convenient for you. > > Ondro > > 2017-10-03 8:54 GMT-07:00 Stephane Epardaud <[email protected]>: > >> What? We were told we had to squash history when moving… >> >> On 03/10/17 17:51, Ondrej Mihályi wrote: >> >> As an Eclipse MicroProfile commiter, I know there are 2 options to create >> a github repo at Eclipse >> >> - create a new empty repo based on Eclipse template (EPL license file, >> etc.) >> - migrate an existing repo under the Eclipse github org, preserving >> history, issues and everything else >> >> As an example of the second option, have a look at >> https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config - it was migrated under >> eclipse org this year, but there are still issues and commits dated to 2016 >> - everything was preserved from day 1. >> >> So I wouldn't be afraid of losing history. >> >> Ondro >> >> 2017-10-03 5:04 GMT-07:00 Oliver Kopp <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Stephane, >>> >>> 2017-10-03 13:14 GMT+02:00 Stephane Epardaud <[email protected]>: >>> >>> > As part of the Ceylon move to Eclipse, we have to move our github >>> repos to >>> > the Eclipse organisation. I understand we have to delete history, so >>> we'll >>> > need to first force-push a blank history to our current repo, delete >>> all >>> > branches and tags, >>> >>> Yes. You might want to add the tag "initial-code-contribution" as tag. >>> I used "Initial Code Contribution - CQ 7916" at the first commit to >>> ensure proper referencing to IPZilla. >>> >>> I also agree that an BugZilla issue is the best way to move forward. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Oliver >>> _______________________________________________ >>> incubation mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >>> from this list, visit >>> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> incubation mailing [email protected] >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from >> this list, visithttps://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> incubation mailing list >> [email protected] >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > incubation mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation > >
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