[Mono-dev] Why GIT?

[Geoff Norton]

We are moving to github as our primary repo, which means people can continue to use svn via their svn bridge, or all the associated web tools.

-g

On 2010-07-01, at 3:09 PM, Teravus Ovares wrote:

> Going the Git route, I'd suggest you set up a github account and have
> a github mirror.   Git is...   complicated.    And, while, advanced
> developers can appreciate the things that make it nice.  Beginner
> developers see it as a huge hurdle to get over to contribute.  One of
> the things that helps with Git transitions is advanced tools such as
> GitHub.   The other thing that helps is 'how to do x' for people used
> to subversion.    Even with all of this in place, you're still
> probably going to see a decrease in contributions from the individual
> in the community.  You may see more organizations contributing though
> if most of your contributions comes from organizations since it's
> easier to merge.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Teravus
> 
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at novell.com> wrote:
>> Hello Amir,
>> 
>>> I was wondering if you can elaborate on why/how you chose GIT for future
>>> source control of Mono? With a lot of options out there, I'm just wanting a
>>> peek at some of your or the Mono team's thoughts when evaluating other VCS.
>>> Maybe a post on your blog is due :)
>> 
>> I am afraid I do not have a great answer to that question.
>> It was mostly inertia from the rest of the team.   I do not mind subversion
>> myself and find it very simple to use.   But some members in the team have
>> started using svn2git and keeping their own repositories around, so we kind
>> of gravitated there.
>> Miguel.
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