On 17/06/2009, Bernd Jendrissek <bernd.jendris...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Matthias > Pfafferodt<matthias.pfaffer...@mapfa.de> wrote: >> at the moment I use svn to work with the freeciv code. For each patchset I >> create a copy of the svn repo using 'cp -lr'. It is not the best way but >> working ... >> >> How would I'm using git (my own local git repo) for the freeciv source >> code? I >> found git-svnimport and also more than enough web sides to explain git. >> But >> how to handle different patchsets? Create a new branch for each? Up to now >> I >> used cvs on my own projects (only one user) but with the freeciv code it >> is >> kind of confusing, especially rebasing to the up-to-date svn. > > My experience (we did it with git-svn here at work) is that it's a bit > of an impedance mismatch; svn's limitations impose limitations on how > you use git (I don't know if git-svnimport is any better): merges seem > to make SVN go "WTF?" and freak out. > > Although I've never tried, I guess you could use a separate branch for > each patchset, if you take care with how you bring it back into SVN.
Separate branches is what I use with git-svn, making a new branch whenever I need to build on changes not yet in the main branch (i.e. trunk, S2_1, etc.). As a contributor one has to submit patches for inspection anyway, so when I do go to commit something, I just checkout the destination branch, apply the previously posted patch file, commit to git, then dcommit with git-svn. Unfortunately since the underlying repo is still svn, we cannot use the powerful branch merging features of git. :( A while ago I wrote a mini intro to using git with freeciv svn: https://mail.gna.org/public/freeciv-dev/2008-03/msg00048.html Though that was over a year ago and I'm sure that some git commands have changed since then (if something fails check the updated docs). As a matter of convenience I have a separate git repository for S2_1, since there are many autoconf/packet related changes which would require a complete ./autogen.sh && make whenever switching to trunk. I also like having a bunch of shell aliases for commonly used command sequences: alias gb='git branch' alias gba='git branch -a' alias gci='git commit -v' alias gco='git checkout' alias gd='git diff' alias gdc='git diff --color' alias gdci='git-svn dcommit' alias gl='git log' alias glt='git log --pretty=format:"%s%n%n%b"' alias gps='git push' alias gpu='git pull' alias gr='git reset' alias greb='git-svn rebase' alias gsh='git show' alias gshc='git show --stat -p --color' alias gst='git status' Using git branches is much more space efficient than copying the svn repo each time, and incomparably faster. This was actually the main reason I learned to use git a long time, though git has many more advantages beyond just that. ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------- あなたも同化される。 _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
