[Geany-devel] geany on github; why not?

[Lex Trotman]

On 25 August 2011 07:56, Jiří Techet <techet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lex,
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 07:21, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Some mixed comments.
>>
>> @Jiri I would have thought that the process for creating the Git repo
>> was to check the existing readonly mirror then move it to the chosen
>> host and setup access.  Or do you know of some problem with it?
>
> the disadvantage of using the current read-only mirror is the following:
>
> 1. It's not complete (just 3 years of history). Could be a problem if
> you want to bisect some bug which has been present for a long time.
> Apart from this it's just nice to see the complete history.
>
> 2. There are no tags visible.
>
> 3. There are no branches and branch merges visible.

Hi  Jiří,

I didn't know any of the above, so I agree with you that it needs to
be done again.

Cheers
Lex