Thanks Chris. I opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-8302 to track a query into what Infra can or can't do in this regard.
-Alex On 9/3/14 8:16 AM, "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: >Have to admit that I don't know how to extract parts of a repo. > >But a quick google got me to this: >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359424/detach-subdirectory-into-separat >e-git-repository >Which references this one: >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359424/detach-subdirectory-into-separat >e-git-repository/17864475#17864475 >(I particular like the headline "The Easy Way") ;-) > >Chris >________________________________________ >Von: Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. September 2014 17:04 >An: dev@flex.apache.org; Kessler CTR Mark J >Betreff: RE: How to manage flex-utilities git repo > >Do any git experts know what our options are? >Sent via the PANTECH Discover, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. > >Kessler CTR Mark J <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> wrote: > > >That could work. So when we push a branch to the new repo, are we going >to delete the files we don't need out of there? This will also leave the >history of the other files as well I presume. > >-Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 3:17 PM >To: dev@flex.apache.org >Subject: Re: How to manage flex-utilities git repo > >Infra responded rather quickly to the flex-radii8 request. It would be >already created but I didn't tell them if it was supposed to be a bare >repo or an import of another repo. > >So, I think we should break up flex-utilities. At the top-level is: > >ApacheFXG >FlexPMD >Squiggly >Common >installerLocaleEditor >CodeCoverage >MD5Checker >TourDeFlex >Installer >maven-flex-plugin >FXGTools >MobileTrader >ant_on_air >installerBadge >Mavenizer > > >I would argue that we should leave the following in flex-utilities. I >guess it sort of means that flex-utilities is for code that we don't have >release plans for, but help us do other things like modify FXG files, or >check MD5s. If we end up wanting to release something in flex-utilities, >hopefully we can later move it to its own repo without losing history. > >ApacheFXG >FXGTools >MD5Checker >MobileTrader >CodeCoverage > > > >Then we should create more repos as follows: >flex-installer.git: >ant_on_air >Common >Installer >installerBadge >installerLocaleEditor > >flex-maven.git: > >Maven-flex-plugin >Mavenizer > >flex-squiggly.git >Squiggly > >flex-pmd.git >FlexPMD > >flex-tdf.git >TourDeFlex > >Thoughts? >-Alex > > > > > > >On 9/2/14 9:26 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> wrote: > >>Well that is probably the ideal method to have each repo for each >>utility. I believe you can push a branch to a new repository. We could >>test this out on a github throw away repo. But if not, I still like the >>branch separation as a second best. >> >> >>-Mark >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 11:57 AM >>To: dev@flex.apache.org >>Subject: Re: How to manage flex-utilities git repo >> >> >> >>On 9/2/14 5:31 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> >>wrote: >> >>>+1 >>> >>>I like the idea. I can see Justin's concerns too. Is there a way to >>>have multiple github repos one with each of the dev-subprojects ? >>I've asked for a new repo for radii8. We'll see how quick it is to get >>one. If you look at the total set of ASF git repos it is clear that a >>few >>other projects like Cordova and CouchDB have many more repos than we do, >>so maybe the best answer is to split out flex-utilities into separate >>repos. Not sure how to move stuff to another repo with history. >> >>-Alex >>
