[VTK ARB] Git-SVN

[Paolo Quadrani]

Dear all,
attached you can find a document that make a comparison between Git  
and SVN.

For new version of our MAF framework we decided to use SVN as main  
repository for code sharing and then each developer if want can have  
its own Git local repository to manage its own history for its local  
code changes, and maintain changes also if it has no network connection.

Just a comment on code contribution: if someone wants to contribute  
with its code, I think that you cannot accept code without  
documentation (in doxygen style for example) and the related test  
class that prove that the code works.

I can propose also that submitting code could be done through a web  
interface that present a form to be filled with fundamental  
information that the code must have and you decide what is important  
for you and for validating the code. This means that you filter at  
begin the code and accept only valid code and don't loose time to  
review tons of classes sent via mail.
There should be also some pre checks for checking that coding  
conventions are respected. For MAF we have some python scripts that  
check that classes have the documentation inside and it is written in  
doxygen style, scripts that check that code is written respecting the  
coding convention and so on.

Cheers

Paolo Quadrani
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CINECA
System and Technology Department

Via Magnanelli 6/3  40033
Casalecchio di Reno
Italy




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