Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Moving to Git

Timestamp:

Feb 4, 2009 9:11:54 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

ben@meyerhome.net

Comment:

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Moving to Git

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  * Would allow us to do away with manually editing/resolving ChangeLog files
     * git diff already includes ChangeLog entry
-    * bugzilla could be modified to point to a private branch for code review
+    * bugzilla could be modified to point to a private branch for code review, making code review easier and more thorough.
     * no more pastebin, just a simple git push
  * Distributed nature of git allows to commit even when server goes down
+ * Those who are working far away / a slow connection can have local git mirrors rather then going through the one svn server (A real issue today)
  * Branching is cheap with git which would encourage the practice of developing unstable features in smaller chunks
+ * We have a significant amount of git knowledge amongst various WebKit devs for training the remaining devs
  * WebKitTools/Scripts already contains lots of git coverage
- * We have a significant amount of git knowledge amongst various WebKit devs for training the remaining devs
- * GitHub for WebKit would be cool :)
+ * Using GitHub or setting up our own gitorious server for WebKit would allow others to more easily see the different projects that are going on.
  * Please fill in here...
 
 == Costs of moving to Git ==
- * Git is still very slow and flaky under windows
- * The majority of WebKit devs are used to using svn and would need to learn this new tool
+ * X number of WebKit developers do not know git and would have to learn a new tool
  * Git itself can be hard to learn and hard to use
  * Please fill in here...
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 == Problems to be solved ==
  * Bugzilla integration
- * Workflow would need to be worked out
+ * A common suggested workflow would need to be worked out
  * An option for contributing for those who are unwilling/unable to learn git?
  * Please fill in here...
 
 == TODO ==
+ * Unsure of the current status of Git on Windows and how many Windows developers we have.
  * Find out just how many git users we have who actively contribute to WebKit
  * Find out how many svn users we have and there feelings on moving to git