On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 06/12/17 11:30, Mark Thomas wrote: > > On 06/12/17 10:34, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > > <snip/> > > >> If the goal is to create a single Git repository from our several ones, > >> my suggestion is to create a repository and pull in the branches from > >> the existing 7/8/8.5/9 git mirrors. > > <snip/> > > > Sounds good. And it can be tested without impacting on any of the > > current public repos. I'll try it out and report back. > > I've tested this with trunk and 8.5.x. and it works well. It is also > very quick. Much better than my original plan. We would be able to add > the older branches to the existing git mirror of trunk. That would make > the process something like: > > - make svn read-only for trunk, 8.5.x, 8.0.x and 7.0.x > - disable svn->git mirroring > - make git for trunk read/write (we could switch to github as the master > at the same time) > - merge in branches for 8.5.x, 8.0.x and 7.0.x > - clean-up tags > - update CI systems, web pages etc for new locations > - move trunk, 8.5.x, 8.0.x and 7.0.x to the archive > > Before we do this, there are a number of points we should think about. > You listed a couple below. There are others on some older threads on > this topic. > > I suggest we write up (I'm happy to start it) a list of potential issues > and solutions on the wiki and make sure we are happy with those > solutions before we migrate. > > Do we get a "demo" repo to see the result ? Rémy
