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> From: Russel Winder <[email protected]>
> Reply-to: [email protected]
> To: Groovy Developers <[email protected]>
> Subject: [groovy-dev] Gradle and DVCS
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:26:01 +0100
> 
> Is it certain that Gradle will switch to using Git for the mainline and
> for general activity?
> 
> Currently I am using Bazaar as a client with the Subversion repository
> as mainline, but if everyone else is using Git then it seems silly to
> continue to use Bazaar/Subversion.
> 
> There is also the issue of rebase of course.  Especially with Git if
> Subversion is the mainline then all Git repositories used to access the
> Subversion repository do a rebase and so are useless for the network of
> Git repositories and DVCS -- they are Subversion clients only.  Bazaar
> has the capability of putting a branch into the Subversion repository
> and hence no having to rebase, which means the Subversion branch is a
> peer.
> 
> If though the decision has been made to switch to Git then I think the
> Subversion repository needs to be declared as backup only and a Git
> repository mainline nominated.  This could be a repository at Codehaus
> (they now have full Git support) or it could be Hans' repository on
> GitHub.
> 
> I have to admit that this uncertainty about process is another excuse I
> have used not to progress the Grandle Ant task and Cobertura plugin bits
> of work I had signed up to.
>     
-- 
Russel.
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