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, making code review easier and more thorough. I can't see how a private branch makes reviewing easier or more thorough. From the reviewer's point of view the process would be almost identical.
  • 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
• 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.
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Costs of moving to Git

• 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
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Problems to be solved

• Bugzilla integration
• A common suggested 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

• 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
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