Re: switching to git?

[Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>]

FWIW, I use Git for all my ASF stuff and it doesn't require switching the whole project.  Just use the Git mirrors along with Git-SVN for the last mile.  If you want somewhere to push intermediate things, push them to your own personal Github account.  See git.apache.org.


On Dec 29, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Benson Margulies wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> Infra solicited a limited number of volunteer projects for GIT. You
> all didn't sign up at that point, so I doubt that the door is open at
> the moment. Further, you have to supply a python coder to help with
> GIT infrastructure implementation to join up.
> 
> --benson
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:45 PM, James Kosin <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've kinda come from the opposite end of the spectrum.  I've used CVS
>> for quite a while, and when we moved to Apache I had to learn SVN.  I've
>> gotten the hang of SVN, and have used GIT at work for some projects;
>> but, I'm still waiting for CoLinux for my 64-bit machine before
>> installing on my laptop at home.
>> Only bad thing is I'm using Windows for all my development.
>> Even with the project at work, I've experienced some weirdness with GIT
>> loosing track of the project.  I usually have to remove everything and
>> re-checkout when this happens.  SVN hasn't been too bad yet.
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> On 12/29/2011 12:38 PM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote:
>>> Why are you not happy? :)
>>> 
>>> I'm on Windows, and I use git for all my VCS needs for some time. There are
>>> three ways for Git on Windows: Cygwin, msysgit and virtualization :) Each
>>> has its own set of quirks. I use all of them for different purposes, I even
>>> use both GUIs (Tortoise and gitGUI). I started with Cygwin, lately for most
>>> day-to-day tasks I use msysgit. On release, just in case, I check that
>>> master repo is fine using Ubuntu in virtual machine (for example, to ensure
>>> proper file permissions, especially executable bit for scripts).
>>> 
>>> Aliaksandr
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM, James Kosin <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I guess I'll have to start looking for a good GIT port for Windows.  :-(
>>>> 
>>>> James
>>>> On 12/29/2011 11:10 AM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote:
>>>>> I was using Git for submitting patches anyway :) May be now there is a
>>>>> chance to skip doing it altogether :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Aliaksandr
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Jason Baldridge
>>>>> <ja...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apache Cassandra is moving to git for committers:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GitTransition
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can we do this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jason Baldridge
>>>>>> Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
>>>>>> The University of Texas at Austin
>>>>>> http://www.jasonbaldridge.com
>>>>>> http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 

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