I'll rustle up links this afternoon. On Jun 12, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>
