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

[ejc]

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM, 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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