[ECOS] [Fwd: Re: [ECOS] Re: Switching to using git on eCosForge]

[Alex Schuilenburg <alexs at ecoscentric dot com>]

[Apologies to Sergei for the repost - my original email to ecos-discuss
was bounced]

Sergei Organov wrote on 2009-09-17 14:31:
> Alex Schuilenburg <alexs@ecoscentric.com> writes:
>   
>> Ãyvind Harboe wrote on 2009-09-17 11:52:
>>     
>>> Does anyone know a reason not to switch to git for eCosForge?
>>>
>>> My thinking is to use http://repo.or.cz/ to host projects.
>>>
>>> www.ecosforge.net uses a version of subversion that is getting
>>> a bit long in the tooth (1.4) and I'm just wondering if
>>> git isn't a better choice anyway....
>>>
>>> The plan is to leave the current subversion repository as-is and
>>> let migration happen  eventually, deleting old repositories(they
>>> are still there in the history) after migration to git.
>>>
>>> The idea is to have one git repository per eCos repository(or
>>> project if you will).
>>>
>>> The first project I would like to switch to git, is nios2ecos.
>>>       
>> Why git in particular?
>>     
>
> Because it's simply the best? ;-)
>   
Define "best" ;-)

Most powerful? Sure!!!   Easiest to use? No.  Best Windows support? No. 
Better documented? No.

>   
>> We have started looking at switching to another RCS at eCosCentric as
>> well.  In particular I looked at three distributed RCS solutions: git,
>> bazaar and mercurial.  While there is no doubt that git is the most
>> powerful of the three solutions and also fastest on linux, it is also
>> the most complex of the three solutions with a very steep initial
>> learning curve, it's support for windows is lacking, and its
>> documentation is sparse and confusing.  As a tool for experienced Linux
>> developers, sure, git is the best choice.  But for the average eCos
>> developer,  I am not convinced.
>>     
>
> Did you see this:
>
> <http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/>
>
> (I'm not Windows user, so didn't use it myself).
>   
Yup, but when you are playing with a mixture the cygwin tools used by
eCos and those native tools, you get interesting results.  See the
msysGit mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit>.


> BTW, git has gitcvsserver:
>
> <http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-cvsserver.html>
>
> so those who are used to CVS and don't wish to learn new tool can
> continue to use their favorite CVS clients.
>   
The point is to get away from a broken-by-design system ;-)

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