[oi-dev] Git as a version control system for new OI projects

[TJ Yang]

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Piotr Jasiukajtis <estseg at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Andrzej Szeszo <aszeszo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I would like to ask about your opinions on using Git for new OI projects.
>> We've been using Mercurial exclusively so far mainly because most of the
>> upstream repositories were using it. There is no reason for us to stick with
>> it for new projects though in my opinion.
>>
>> Using Git for new projects will enable Git and Mercurial users to work on
>> the same repository without too much effort. Mercurial users, after enabling
>> hg-git extension [1], will be able to use Git repository in the same way as
>> normal Mercurial repo, for example:
>>
>> $ hg clone git://github.com/joyent/illumos-live.git
>> destination directory: illumos-live
>> Counting objects: 115, done.
>> Compressing objects: 100% (85/85), done.
>> Total 115 (delta 13), reused 115 (delta 13)
>> importing git objects into hg
>> updating to branch default
>> 92 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
>> $
>>
>> Letting developers to choose their vcs frontend is one nice thing. Git's
>> lightweight branches and the way they work are also very appealing. Also,
>> more people are familiar with Git than with Mercurial so new developers may
>> find it easier to get started with the project if its source is managed
>> using Git.
>>
>> Let us know what you think.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Andrzej
>>
>> 1. http://hg-git.github.com/
>>
>>
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