do you know... is there any more detailed guidance from ASF anywhere on using svn as master with a git.apache.org clone? I'm thinking this might be a good interim step.
Thx Dan On 12 June 2012 14:23, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Dan Haywood > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Benson, > > > > am I right that the reverse direction would be using "git svn"? > > For a committer, yes. For someone just offering patches, it's > attaching them to JIRA, or emailing them to the list. > > There's a web page explaining how to clone a git.apache.org repo, and > then tweak it so that you can go on from there with 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 > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >
