[linuxtools-dev] Move to git?

[Andrew Overholt <overholt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In this bug:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=257706

Denis (Eclipse webmaster extraordinaire) asks if any projects would like
to beta test a move to git.

Here are my reasons _for_ participating:

- many FOSS projects are already using git and thus people are familiar
  with it and thus will hopefully be more likely to contribute to our
  project if they know how to use/contribute with git
- it makes it easier for some distributions to track eclipse-build
  (Debian is already doing this)
- we can maybe get hooked up with Gerrit a la http://egit.eclipse.org/r
- we can help dogfood EGit which is very important to increasing the
  contributor base with existing FOSS hackers
- if we mess up, we still have our SVN repo

And why I'm against it:

- EGit isn't yet as ready for prime time as Subclipse is
- I'll have to re-do some of the configuration of our Hudson-based builds
- it may require use of command line git
- there will be a learning curve
- I'm not entirely sure we'll get to keep all of our SVN history (which
  admittedly isn't complete as many projects came from elsewhere and we
  lost _that_ history on import)
- some committers using SVN, some using git (not sure if this is a real
  problem or not)

What are your thoughts?  Will it be easier/harder for you to contribute
if we move to EGit?  If you have to drop to the command line to do
things, will that deter you from contributing/committing?  Should we
move/not move?

Andrew