FWIW, I use Git for all my ASF stuff and it doesn't require switching the whole project. Just use the Git mirrors along with Git-SVN for the last mile. If you want somewhere to push intermediate things, push them to your own personal Github account. See git.apache.org.
On Dec 29, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > Folks, > > Infra solicited a limited number of volunteer projects for GIT. You > all didn't sign up at that point, so I doubt that the door is open at > the moment. Further, you have to supply a python coder to help with > GIT infrastructure implementation to join up. > > --benson > > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:45 PM, James Kosin <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've kinda come from the opposite end of the spectrum. I've used CVS >> for quite a while, and when we moved to Apache I had to learn SVN. I've >> gotten the hang of SVN, and have used GIT at work for some projects; >> but, I'm still waiting for CoLinux for my 64-bit machine before >> installing on my laptop at home. >> Only bad thing is I'm using Windows for all my development. >> Even with the project at work, I've experienced some weirdness with GIT >> loosing track of the project. I usually have to remove everything and >> re-checkout when this happens. SVN hasn't been too bad yet. >> >> James >> >> On 12/29/2011 12:38 PM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote: >>> Why are you not happy? :) >>> >>> I'm on Windows, and I use git for all my VCS needs for some time. There are >>> three ways for Git on Windows: Cygwin, msysgit and virtualization :) Each >>> has its own set of quirks. I use all of them for different purposes, I even >>> use both GUIs (Tortoise and gitGUI). I started with Cygwin, lately for most >>> day-to-day tasks I use msysgit. On release, just in case, I check that >>> master repo is fine using Ubuntu in virtual machine (for example, to ensure >>> proper file permissions, especially executable bit for scripts). >>> >>> Aliaksandr >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM, James Kosin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I guess I'll have to start looking for a good GIT port for Windows. :-( >>>> >>>> James >>>> On 12/29/2011 11:10 AM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote: >>>>> I was using Git for submitting patches anyway :) May be now there is a >>>>> chance to skip doing it altogether :) >>>>> >>>>> Aliaksandr >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Jason Baldridge >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Apache Cassandra is moving to git for committers: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GitTransition >>>>>> >>>>>> Can we do this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Jason >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jason Baldridge >>>>>> Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics >>>>>> The University of Texas at Austin >>>>>> http://www.jasonbaldridge.com >>>>>> http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge >>>>>> >>>> >> -------------------------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com
