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

[Jiří Techet]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 20:50, Frank Lanitz <frank at frank.uvena.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:46:37 +0200
> Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:
>
>> Le 27/08/2011 20:27, Frank Lanitz a écrit :
>> > On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:02:41 +0200
>> > Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Le 22/08/2011 00:27, Jiří Techet a écrit :
>> >>> [...]
>> >>>
>> >>> Well, in my opinion the whole topic of git transition is
>> >>> over-discussed.
>> >>
>> >> Looks the same for me, and I didn't see much new POV or useful
>> >> infos since a bunch of emails.
>> >>
>> >>> The reason why I haven't been very active on Geany's
>> >>> mailing list are exactly these endless discussions which lead
>> >>> nowhere. To your steps:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1 and 2: GitHub or Gitorious are the only options if you want
>> >>> personal repositories (which is the main reason I want the git
>> >>> switch). It's not a crucial decision at all which one you chose -
>> >>> if you pick GitHub and realize it stinks, you can always move the
>> >>> repository to Gitorious. The only problem is that contributors
>> >>> would have to move their personal clones too, but it's not a big
>> >>> deal.
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to at least have a synchronized version on git.geany.org.
>> >> Even if it wouldn't have that personal clones, it could be the main
>> >> clone source or at least a backup mirror.
>> >
>> > Can you provide a clone which is inclduing all point Jiri
>> > mentioned?
>> > - Branches
>> > - Tags
>> > - Merges?
>>
>> I only have a full git-svn --stdlayout copy, so basically "no", though
>> "partially" is also right:
>>
>> * I (can) have branches (needs to co remote/name; co -b name)
>> * I (can) have tags (huh, they looks like branches)
>> * I *don't* have proper merges (the history is linear)
>> * I *don't* have proper authors
>>
>> Not sure how to fix this (especially merges, I have a script for the
>> authoring part somewhere, and I think that true branches and tags
>> should be easily created with a tiny script) but Jiří seems to know
>> some ways.
>
> So I suggest this: Jiri can you help to do so (or does maybe the github
> svn clone tools does this correct?) we surely can also offer something
> like that from git.geany.org. But here import is needed FMPOV.

I could, but it needs some manual work and I'd like to do it just
before the switch because I'm not sure if I could easily add  the
commits (commits on different branches and especially merges) you do
between now and the switch. I was too missing a few committer names -
see the original email here

http://lists.uvena.de/geany-devel/2010-June/002672.html

which I'd need to get first before performing the conversion.

Cheers,
Jiri