[ros-dev] GIT mirror

Aleksey Bragin aleksey at reactos.org
Fri Jan 9 16:08:56 CET 2009


What I would really want for our main repository (in addition to a  
better solution for branches) is ANY way to have patch queues, patch  
management. Working with plaintext diff files is not convenient.


WBR,
Aleksey Bragin.

On Jan 9, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Alex Ionescu wrote:

> I agree with Steven -- I don't mind a git mirror (but I would  
> appreciate an Hg mirror as well -- since you already have git set  
> up, just run git->hg conversion, it should work flawlessly.  
> Converting svn->hg is usually not the way to go).
>
> My arguments were against using git as the primary DVCS -- it's  
> just not the right tool *FOR REACTOS*.
>
> As the old adage says:
>
> 1) Analyze your requirements
> 2) Pick the best tool for your project
> 3) Shut up about the tool and write code instead
>
> FYI, HgSvn is what I use:
>
> hgsvn allows you to work on SVN checkouts using Mercurial  
> (mirroring all SVN history in a local Mercurial repository on which  
> you can also do local development). It is useful for managing  
> private branches, submitting patches to project maintainers, have  
> fast local operations instead of slow remote "svn up/log/blame"
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu

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