Thank you very much Colin !! \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ A little question, although: Where are our (experimental) branches now? :P
Hermès > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] De la part de Colin Finck > Envoyé : mardi 3 octobre 2017 19:40 > À : ros-annou...@reactos.org; ros-gene...@reactos.org; 'ReactOS > Development List' > Objet : [ros-dev] ReactOS Repository migrated to GitHub > > Today, the ReactOS Source Code has been migrated from a central Subversion > instance to a decentralized Git repository. Together with that, ReactOS joins > the > list of projects using the popular GitHub service for developing software: > https://github.com/reactos/reactos > We expect that this move greatly improves the way we collaborate on ReactOS > development and reduces the barriers for newcomers. Just fork our repository > on GitHub, commit your changes and send us a Pull Request! > > Migrating a source code history of more than 20 years that had seen multiple > version control systems was not a straightforward task. > Deciding on a decentralized version control system has not been either. > First discussions already started back in 2009, when neither Git nor Mercurial > were able to fully convert a large SVN repository like ours and Git’s Windows > support was still neglected. Things improved massively over the years, with > GitHub and Git for Windows emerging as reliable tools for software > development. But the ReactOS Project still took advantage of some Subversion > features, so only a smooth migration using a two-way SVN-Git mirror was > attempted in 2016. This failed miserably, however important lessons were > learned for a future complete migration to Git. The tipping point was reached > in early 2017 when a majority of ReactOS developers spoke out in favor of > moving to Git. Finally, the ReactOS Hackfest in August offered a forum to try > out things and discuss every little detail of the planned migration. And this > is > what got us here today! > > The development documentation is still in the process of being rewritten to > account for the Git migration. You may currently find outdated information > here and there. However, most of that is on the Wiki, so you are more than > welcome to help us! > The SVN Repository has been turned read-only and will be kept online for a > while at the last revision r76032. Our Git mirror now mirrors the GitHub > repository. If you have already been using our old Git mirror, please note > that > you have to do a fresh clone of our new repository (from either GitHub or the > mirror) as the old and new ones are incompatible. > JIRA continues to be used for bug tracking, BuildBot for continuous > integration, > and FishEye as a code browser. > > I would like to thank all the people who have helped with this migration, be > it > on IRC, the mailing lists or at the Hackfest! Special thanks also go to the > KDE > Project for their excellent svn-all-fast-export tool that was used for the > conversion. If you are ever in a similar situation, have a look at my > conversion > scripts as well as the Git helpers for our infrastructure. > > > Colin Finck > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
