Hi Benson, am I right that the reverse direction would be using "git svn"?
Dan On 12 June 2012 14:06, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > > >> >
