+1 On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Andrzej Szeszo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > I would like to ask about your opinions on using Git for new OI projects. > We've been using Mercurial exclusively so far mainly because most of the > upstream repositories were using it. There is no reason for us to stick with > it for new projects though in my opinion. > > Using Git for new projects will enable Git and Mercurial users to work on > the same repository without too much effort. Mercurial users, after enabling > hg-git extension [1], will be able to use Git repository in the same way as > normal Mercurial repo, for example: > > $ hg clone git://github.com/joyent/illumos-live.git > destination directory: illumos-live > Counting objects: 115, done. > Compressing objects: 100% (85/85), done. > Total 115 (delta 13), reused 115 (delta 13) > importing git objects into hg > updating to branch default > 92 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved > $ > > Letting developers to choose their vcs frontend is one nice thing. Git's > lightweight branches and the way they work are also very appealing. Also, > more people are familiar with Git than with Mercurial so new developers may > find it easier to get started with the project if its source is managed > using Git. > > Let us know what you think. > > Cheers, > > Andrzej > > 1. http://hg-git.github.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev >
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