Sorry to side track, but what about CVS?
Jason Richardson National Payments Service (NPS) Technical Lead USDA/FSA/AFAO/SCADG (Administrative and Financial Applications Office) (Service Center Accounting & Debt Group) Office Ph: (816) 823-5296 Cubicle: 3NW024 NPS I.T. Matrix (JIRA) NPS Email Groups Listing -----Original Message----- From: Dan Haywood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: move to git? 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 > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
