Thank you very much Colin !! \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/

A little question, although: Where are our (experimental) branches now? :P

Hermès

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] De la part de Colin Finck
> Envoyé : mardi 3 octobre 2017 19:40
> À : ros-announce@reactos.org; ros-general@reactos.org; 'ReactOS
> Development List'
> Objet : [ros-dev] ReactOS Repository migrated to GitHub

>
> Today, the ReactOS Source Code has been migrated from a central Subversion
> instance to a decentralized Git repository. Together with that, ReactOS joins the
> list of projects using the popular GitHub service for developing software:
> https://github.com/reactos/reactos
> We expect that this move greatly improves the way we collaborate on ReactOS
> development and reduces the barriers for newcomers. Just fork our repository
> on GitHub, commit your changes and send us a Pull Request!
>
> Migrating a source code history of more than 20 years that had seen multiple
> version control systems was not a straightforward task.
> Deciding on a decentralized version control system has not been either.
> First discussions already started back in 2009, when neither Git nor Mercurial
> were able to fully convert a large SVN repository like ours and Git’s Windows
> support was still neglected. Things improved massively over the years, with
> GitHub and Git for Windows emerging as reliable tools for software
> development. But the ReactOS Project still took advantage of some Subversion
> features, so only a smooth migration using a two-way SVN-Git mirror was
> attempted in 2016. This failed miserably, however important lessons were
> learned for a future complete migration to Git. The tipping point was reached
> in early 2017 when a majority of ReactOS developers spoke out in favor of
> moving to Git. Finally, the ReactOS Hackfest in August offered a forum to try
> out things and discuss every little detail of the planned migration. And this is
> what got us here today!
>
> The development documentation is still in the process of being rewritten to
> account for the Git migration. You may currently find outdated information
> here and there. However, most of that is on the Wiki, so you are more than
> welcome to help us!
> The SVN Repository has been turned read-only and will be kept online for a
> while at the last revision r76032. Our Git mirror now mirrors the GitHub
> repository. If you have already been using our old Git mirror, please note that
> you have to do a fresh clone of our new repository (from either GitHub or the
> mirror) as the old and new ones are incompatible.
> JIRA continues to be used for bug tracking, BuildBot for continuous integration,
> and FishEye as a code browser.
>
> I would like to thank all the people who have helped with this migration, be it
> on IRC, the mailing lists or at the Hackfest! Special thanks also go to the KDE
> Project for their excellent svn-all-fast-export tool that was used for the
> conversion. If you are ever in a similar situation, have a look at my conversion
> scripts as well as the Git helpers for our infrastructure.
>
>
> Colin Finck
>
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