Re: Switching to git

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

On 03/06/2011 11:46 PM, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> moreover, while talking about tags, in GIT some symbols we use for
> debian versioning (e.g. ~ and :) are not allowed in tags, so they get
> replaced (with '%' and '.' for above with git-buildpackage).  That is
> the only kind of cons I see  in switching to GIT.
> 
>>    lost the comfort of manipulate/move/... all the source package with a
>>    simple "commit/mv/checkout/...".
> 
> mr was already brought to the attention

I think providing some script using mr for those who want to use it is
fine, but it should not be required to use it.

>> #. I (and I suppose many others) have enough experience with
>> svn-buildpackage but less with other buildpackage tools based on other
>> CVMs.
> git-buildpackage is very similar and actually inspired iirc by
> svn-buildpackage AND IT IS WRITTEN IN PYTHON!!! ;-)

And the git-buildpackage upstream is sane and quick on fixing bugs.
Definitely the best idea imho.


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