Hi Gazda, There is a good tutorial on this subject on: http://wiki.apache.org/general/GitAtApache .
I've used it to work on https://github.com/ieugen/james-mime4j/tree/master. 2012/6/15 Ioan Eugen Stan <stan.ieu...@gmail.com>: > Hi Gazda, > > I tried once to see use git-svn with james/current but was > unsuccessful. git-svn does not know how to use svn:externals. > My knowledge in git was very limited. I will give it a try this > weekend maybe and if things go well I'll get back. > > Good luck, > > > 2012/6/14 Jochen Gazda <gazdahims...@gmail.com>: >> Thank you for your prompt reply, Eric. >> >>> I saw you created james/trunk/sandbox/git-branches/, but not sure why. >> >> I supposed that --tags and --branches parameters of git svn init may >> not be left unset and there are no branches and tags in SVN under >> asf/james. Anyway, it did not help. james/trunk/sandbox/git-* can be >> removed. >> >> I will try some of your proposals. >> >> Best, >> >> gazda >> >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Eric Charles <e...@apache.org> wrote: >>> Hi Gazda, >>> >>> I saw you created james/trunk/sandbox/git-branches/, but not sure why. >>> >>> The 3 ways I can imagine to work with Apache James git repo are: >>> >>> 1. clone the git repo on your laptop, add a remote to your github, push to >>> the defined remote >>> >>> 2. import your local svn to your github repo (will all the history). >>> >>> 3. remove all .svn folders from your local svn repo, and push this plain >>> source to your github repo. >>> >>> I would have gone for Option 3. which is quite to benefit from the diffs you >>> have to show us without the history. Once OK, a diff (git diff) could be >>> reapplied to the james svn. >>> >>> Option 1. is should also be easy. >>> >>> I already worked with Option 2. (svn to git) for another project, but the >>> import process takes some long time and can give you surprises... >>> >>> Of course, the james multi-project nature will not help you... >>> >>> Thx, Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> On 06/14/2012 10:40 AM, Jochen Gazda wrote: >>>> >>>> Gentlemen, >>>> >>>> is there anybody here who has managed it to create a working dir with >>>> git-svn? >>>> >>>> I am trying to apply "Git for Apache committers" as decribed here >>>> http://wiki.apache.org/general/GitAtApache . This is what I am doing: >>>> >>>> -------8<-------------------- >>>> #!/bin/bash >>>> >>>> set -x >>>> set -e >>>> >>>> # put your ASF user name here: >>>> ASF_USER_NAME= >>>> ASF_USER_EMAIL="$asf_user_n...@apache.org" >>>> >>>> PROJECT_NAME="james" >>>> TRUNK="current" >>>> >>>> # created dummy branches and tags just to exclude the possibility that >>>> git-svn needs them >>>> BRANCHES="trunk/sandbox/git-branches" >>>> TAGS="trunk/sandbox/git-tags" >>>> >>>> git clone git://git.apache.org/"$PROJECT_NAME".git >>>> cd "$PROJECT_NAME"/.git; wget http://git.apache.org/authors.txt; cd .. >>>> git config svn.authorsfile ".git/authors.txt" >>>> # check if your username and email are identical to those in the author >>>> file >>>> # git config user.name >>>> # git config user.email >>>> # if they are not identical, set the ASF values locally >>>> git config user.name "$ASF_USER_NAME" >>>> git config user.email "$ASF_USER_EMAIL" >>>> git svn init --prefix=origin/ --tags="$TAGS" --trunk="$TRUNK" >>>> --branches="$BRANCHES" >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/"$PROJECT_NAME"; >>>> #git svn init --prefix=origin/ >>>> "https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/$PROJECT_NAME/$TRUNK"; >>>> git svn rebase >>>> -------8<-------------------- >>>> >>>> It is the last command "git svn rebase" that fails with this message: >>>> >>>> Unable to determine upstream SVN information from working tree history >>>> >>>> Does anybody have an idea what is the problem here? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> gazda >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> eric | http://about.echarles.net | @echarles >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org >> > > > > -- > Ioan Eugen Stan / http://axemblr.com / Tools for Clouds -- Ioan Eugen Stan / http://axemblr.com / Tools for Clouds --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
