Re: [ros-dev] ReactOS Repository migrated to GitHub

[Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO]

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:[e-mail]] De la part de Colin Finck
>  Envoyé : mardi 3 octobre 2017 19:40
>  À : ros-announce(a)reactos.org; ros-general(a)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 You may currently find outdated information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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