[webkit-dev] Moving to Git?

[Ashod Nakashian]

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> From: Geoffrey Garen <ggaren at apple.com>
>To: Ashod Nakashian <ashodnakashian at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: WebKit Development <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Moving to Git?
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>Rather than asking for a switch to git by fiat, why not improve git and our git-related infrastructure to the point where people choose to switch naturally?
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Switch by fiat? Not by a long shot. The call is to reevaluate the suggestion. Indeed, we must improve the infrastructure as long as there are users, regardless of any plans of moving VCs.

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>The fact that many valuable contributors choose not to use git is sufficient proof that switching by fiat would be a bad idea.

This is part of the goal - to see how many still use SVN, what's holding them back from the move and how we can help them and the community to make the transition to what is deemed by most (my estimate) to be superior.

On that count, what feature do you find in svn that is missing from git, or put differently, why is git not as good as svn for you? 

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>Geoff
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>On Mar 8, 2012, at 4:35 AM, Ashod Nakashian wrote:
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>WebKittens,
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>>In the light of discovering that some SVN scripts have fallen behind in terms of maintenance[1] and WebKit's strong Git support and infrastructure, against my better judgement, I'd like to distract you from being productive by bringing up this topic (again).
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>>The wiki page of the same name[2] was created 3 years ago and hardly updated since[3]. I know we're all busy with more important things, but IMHO I think we can at least update the wiki and perhaps vote on when/how we should do the eventual transition.
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>>I understand that while this type of work isn't necessarily very productive, maintaining two repositories and sets of scripts (with their docs and issues) has a very real cost as well. I'm proposing we reevaluate the situation and act accordingly.
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>>[1] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79509#c6
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>>[2] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/Moving%20to%20Git
>>[3] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/Moving%20to%20Git?action=history
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>>Thanks for lending an ear,
>>-Ash
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