Hi, I have set up a Git clone of the Vim Mercurial repo here [1] (complete with instructions on how this was done [2]).
Why have I done this and won't this complicate things with yet another repository? Let me try to answer the second question first. Thanks to the hg-git extension it is possible to perform lossless conversions hg <-> git so this repository really is just a clone of the hg repo. If anybody else were to go through the steps in [2] they'd end up with a repository with identical commit IDs. It is possible to clone [1] using Mercurial or even pull select commits from [1] into a hg repo that was a clone of Bram's hg repo. What I am trying to say is: this really is just a clone of Bram's hg repo but in Git format so there is no extra complication - it provides a way for people to use Git instead of Mercurial when working on Vim. As for the first question: I created this Git clone so that I myself may use Git when working on MacVim. Anybody else using Git is welcome to pull from it, or even set up their own Git clone using the instructions [2]. There is one downside to pulling from [1] for your Vim development, namely that it won't get updated immediately whenever Bram updates his Mercurial repo. I have to manually fetch new changesets and push them to the Git repo. If you'd rather avoid this delay but still use Git, just set up your own Git clone [2]. Since the commit IDs will be the same it is possible to push/pull from other people's Git clones even if they've set up their own. I hope some other people will find this information useful. Björn P.S. If somebody on this list knows a better way to update the repo than the method outlined in [2] please let me know (as it is I have to manually delete/re-add all bookmarks after a fetch in order for any new changesets to be pushed). [1] http://github.com/b4winckler/vim [2] http://wiki.github.com/b4winckler/vim/ -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
