Re: Evil deed: Switching development repository to git

[Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems dot org>]

Hi,

Would it be possible to get a snapshot off the end of the CVS / post-moratorium?

Looking forward to the change!
Gedare

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> On Mar  5 09:32, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>>
>>
>> On March 5, 2015 8:55:41 AM CST, Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com> wrote:
>> >Hi folks,
>> >
>> >
>> >next week, I'm planning to move the combined newlib/libgloss and cygwin
>> >repository from CVS to git.  The basic stuff is quickly done, but
>> >hooks,
>> >mailing list handling, and changes to the websites are to be done, so I
>> >expect the switch to take about two days.
>> >
>> >I'll set up a commit moratorium starting next Monday at about 10:00
>> >UTC.
>> >
>> >When the git repo is up and working I'll throw the lever and inform the
>> >mailing lists.  Afterwards you can expect to access the new combined
>> >newlib/cygwin git repository via either
>> >
>> >  git clone git://sourceware.org/git/newlib-cygwin.git
>> >
>> >or, if you have write permissions on the repo
>> >
>> >  git clone sourceware.org:/git/newlib-cygwin.git
>> >
>> >or, for the web view:
>> >
>> >  https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git
>>
>> May I say yeah! And thank you!
>>
>> I am sure it will go smoothly. A couple of web pages will need
>> updating but that should be it.
>
> There's also some packaging stuff and the snapshot creation scripts
> for Cygwin.  But that will come over time.
>
>> Is this basically replacing the git mirror?
>
> I don't know anything about the git mirror.  I'm going to set up
> the repo from scratch.  I had a few testruns already and it looks
> pretty well, I think.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
>
> --
> Corinna Vinschen
> Cygwin Maintainer
> Red Hat