[vtk-developers] VTK moving to Git

[Berk Geveci]

It shouldn't be a problem to keep github around. At least until we
have our own gitorious running.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Mark Olesen <Mark.Olesen at faurecia.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 10:55 -0400, Berk Geveci wrote:
>> In all likelihood, VTK will be a submodule. At least, later in the Git history.
>>
>> This Git repo will be completely incompatible with the existing Git
>> repository so there will be no cvshead branch in it. Brad King is
>> putting a lot of effort into cleaning VTK and ParaView histories. It
>> will be very cool but totally incompatible with existing Git repos.
>
> Less cruft ... good stuff.
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> Incompatibility with the existing git repos is probably not a major
> issue. For the number of changes I have, diffing a local branch against
> the last merged cvshead will provide enough for making any changes in a
> new repo.
>
> Based on my own experience, I anticipate that the move to git will
> accelerate the overall development speed and improve flexibility.
>
> BTW: for all of us miscellaneous users who may wish to make merge
> requests, it could be quite convenient to continue with github for
> collaborative purposes. Forking an existing project is fairly
> lightweight, and the http protocol can be quite useful for people
> trapped behind firewalls.
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> /mark
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