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= Proposal for moving WebKit development to Git =

== Benefits of moving to Git ==
 * A large number of WebKit devs are already using git-svn
 * All major organizations involved with WebKit development have significant sub-sets of devs already using git-svn
 * Would make code review easier
 * 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
    * no more pastebin, just a simple git push
 * Distributed nature of git allows to commit even when server goes down
 * Branching is cheap with git which would encourage the practice of developing unstable features in smaller chunks
 * 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 :)
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== 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
 * Git itself can be hard to learn and hard to use
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== Problems to be solved ==
 * Bugzilla integration
 * Workflow would need to be worked out
 * An option for contributing for those who are unwilling/unable to learn git?
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== TODO ==
 * 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
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