You can do that without moving. Ask infra to set up a git.apache.org mirror of isis. Then he can clone that. The reverse direction is not as convenient, but it's not awful.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 June 2012 14:31, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> We use git in DeltaSpike. The question is how much benefit it would bring >> for Isis. >> > > I'm about to kick off a new project that is going to be using Isis, with > the resultant app also being licensed as open source. We'll probably be > using github or similar for that. > > As a consequence of the project, there are likely to be a number of > enhancements/fixes to Isis itself. I was thinking that if Isis is hosted > on Git, then I can get the guy I'm working with sign an ICLA and thus be > able to "git pull" in any changes he might make on his clone of Isis. > > > > >> >> Git is really nice for some use cases but not so nice for others. E.g. no >> native line-ending conversion support, no binary support, etc >> > > I think that there is reasonable support here. I was going to mention > core.autocrlf property, but a quick google also threw up the .gitattributes > file, see [1] > > > >> >> I've written up a comparison here: >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/SVNvsGIT >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Git_At_Apache_Guide >> >> > Thanks for this; read with interest. > > > >> It's quite some work and a few things like Jira commit tracking still >> doesn't work. >> >> >> LieGrue, >> strub >> >> > Thanks, > Dan > > [1] http://timclem.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/mind-the-end-of-your-line/ > > > > >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Benson Margulies <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Cc: >> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 3:13 PM >> > Subject: Re: move to git? >> > >> > infra is supporting git. At last reading, there was a tax. If you want >> > to use git, you have to provide a volunteer to continue the >> > infrastructure work. I haven't seen much lately. There are a couple of >> > example projects using git (couchdb?) you might want to sniff around >> > their situation. >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Mike Burton <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> 1. +1 >> >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> >> >> Mike Burton >> >> (Sent from my iPhone) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 Jun 2012, at 13:28, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >>> Two questions: >> >>> >> >>> 1. for Isis developers ... how do you feel about moving Isis to use >> git >> >>> rather than svn? I think it'd be worth considering, because git is >> >>> generally considered easier to allow patches to be provided ("pull >> >>> requests"). >> >>> >> >>> 2. for mentors ... does anyone know what ASF's current support is >> > for git? >> >>> I can see there's git-wip-us.apache.org, and also clones over on >> >>> github.org/apache. Is anyone up to date on the status of ASF's >> > support? >> >>> >> >>> Thx >> >>> Dan >> > >>
