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Re: [linuxtools-dev] Move to git?
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> Hi,
>
> In this bug:
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=257706
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> 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?
Git seems like the logical next step. I would vote for it unless Egit's
structured compare viewer and merge are not working correct. But I guess this
is something I have to try myself.
+1 For having git repo which we can try and test whether Egit is ready to go
Alex
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> Andrew
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