From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JZjIu-0003zJ-9y for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:00:56 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JZjGj-0002VH-Hb for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:58:33 +0000 Received: from s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl ([85.145.118.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:58:33 +0000 Received: from koen by s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:58:33 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org From: Koen Kooi Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:21 +0100 Message-ID: References: <47D71B8F.1030108@balister.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) In-Reply-To: <47D71B8F.1030108@balister.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 80.91.229.2 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gcho-openembedded-devel@m.gmane.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on serenity X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:39:36 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: Git versus Hg X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:01:07 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Philip Balister schreef: | Given the only serious contenders for possible SCM's for OE appear to be | git or Hg, I am curious about the expertise level available on this list. A big problem with git: * it cannot import a flat OE repository (e.g a mtn checkout of .dev) * it cannot import a OE repo with history (e.g with mtn2git) Why? Git can't store empty dirs, and we use that in a few key places in OE. Holger 'solved' that in mtn2git by putting in a lot .dummy files into those dirs, but those will end up in your packages and rootfses. regards, Koen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFH2OytMkyGM64RGpERAtgeAJ9qYT/YrievJo72ymvysvcuQfnyyACgolqO Y8sMKJ6WA5PjrAwl1j6Q0/w= =VgCW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----