Gmsh git-repo

[Anton Gladky]

Hello, Christophe,
> I fail to see why git is so much better, unless I am mistaken you have
> to keep the  whole code in the git repo

No, you do not have to keep the whole code. It is possible to keep
only debian/-folder.

I think it is better to switch to git, because tagging is easier,
branching is more convenient, git is actively developed and many
projects are switching to it; allows to keep all tarballs of source
code with pristine-tar module,  git-buildpackage is a comfortable
tool; I guess web-interfaces of git [1] is much better, than svn [2];
git commands are similar to svn [3] and easy to understand.

I just propose to do it, as it seems to me more prospectively. If not
- no problem, I remove that repo.

[1] http://git.debian.org/?p=debian-science/packages/gmsh.git
[2] http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/gmsh/trunk
[3] http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html

Anton




On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Christophe Prud'homme
<prudhomm at debian.org> wrote:
> Anton
>
> I have maintained Gmsh for years now and I indeed to continue to do it.
> I fail to see why git is so much better, unless I am mistaken you have
> to keep the  whole code in the git repo
> instead of just the debian directory.
> I am not in favor of this change unless you provide some proof it helps.
>
> Best regards
> C.
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Anton Gladky <gladky.anton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, all
>>
>> I have imported gmsh svn-repository with all its history into the new
>> created git-repo[1].
>> How do you find that?
>>
>> I think git is much better, than svn:
>> * better web-interface
>> * more convenient tagging
>> * has a tons of useful additional tools (git-buildpackage, pristine-tar.....)
>>
>> I propose to switch to git.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> [1] http://git.debian.org/?p=debian-science/packages/gmsh.git
>> Anton
>>
>
>
>
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