[Goodies-dev] git conversion status update

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Sat, 09 May 2009 13:43:05 +0200
Jérôme Guelfucci <jerome.guelfucci at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian J. Tarricone:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > [If you're too lazy to read this email in its entirety, please
> > scroll to the bottom and read the list of actions.]
> >
> > I know I've been quiet for a bit, but I'm actually working on this.
> >
> > Going pretty well so far.  Awesomely, our disk space requirements
> > have dropped from about 2GB (with svn) to around 375MB (with git).
> > That's pretty nuts.
> >
> > See here for my (as yet undocumented) "conversion toolset":
> > http://git.xfce.org/kelnos/xfce-git-migration/
> >
> > Currently failing to convert are:
> >
> > bugzilla.xfce.org (nonstandard svn repo layout)
> >
> > Currently failing to verify are:
> >
> > terminal (docs XML file differences)
> > xfce4-bglist-editor (PNGs differing)
> > xfce4-notes-plugin (PNGs differing)
> > xfce4-taskmanager (compiled binary differing [why is this in svn?])
> > xfce4-weather-plugin (PNGs differing)
> > xfce4-xkb-plugin (PNGs differing)
> > xfce4-xmms-plugin (PNGs and XCFs differing)
> > xffm-icons (missing branch)
> >
> > I suspect the binary file difference problems are because the 
> > mime-types aren't set properly for those files in our svn repo.
> > That shouldn't be too hard to fix (though I'm not happy about
> > having to commit prop changes to tags).
> >
> > [2] Not sure what's going on with Terminal or xffm-icons (though I 
> > don't care quite so much about the latter).
> >
> >
> > Anyhow, a TEMPORARY READ-ONLY WILL-BE-DELETED test thingo is here:
> >
> > http://git.xfce.org/THESE_WILL_BE_DELETED/
> >
> > If you use this for anything useful, well... you're a moron ^_~.
> >
> > You should be able to clone from that URL.  No git:// clone support 
> > yet, and no cgit.  Read-only for now.
> >
> > Please give it a look and make sure your repos look ok.  The 
> > verification script is very thorough (it actually diffs all files
> > on each branch and each tag, and verifies that all the
> > branches/tags that should exist do actually exist), but it's
> > certainly possible something could have gotten messed up.
> >
> > One possibly controversial choice I've made is to munge branch and
> > tag names a bit.  For example, the 'xfce_4_4' branch is now called 
> > 'xfce-4.4'.  Any branches/tags of the form ${MODULE_NAME}_X_Y_Z
> > were also converted similarly.  I also converted things like
> > 'V_1_0' to 'V-1.0' and 'V1_0' to 'V1.0'.  For the Xfce core
> > modules, this is pretty much set.  For personal modules, PLEASE
> > SPEAK UP (via private email) if you want your branches/tags left
> > alone.
> >
> > Please note that the actual final conversion is probably a couple 
> > weeks off, at best.  Even though the conversion process should be 
> > 'perfected' soon, there are still several other things that need to
> > be done[1] before we go live with git.
> >
> > ----> ACTIONS:
> >
> > 1.  Try checking out your module (from 
> > http://git.xfce.org/THESE_WILL_BE_DELETED/) and see if everything 
> > seems ok.
> >
> > 2.  If you have a personal module (i.e., not in the Xfce core), and 
> > aren't happy with the branch/tag name munging, email me privately
> > and I'll leave your module alone.
> >
> > 3.  If you have not done so, ensure that your name and email
> > address are up-to-date here:
> > https://svn.xfce.org/account/
> > Your name and email address will appear in each commit you make in
> > the git repos.
> >
> >     -b
> >
> > [1] See http://wiki.xfce.org/git-migration#missing_stuff
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you again for your great work! I tested Xfce4 Screenshooter, it 
> has been migrated correctly. However, how can I check if the tags
> have been migrated correctly?

git tag -l

  - Jannis
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