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From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:34:00 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] HEADS UP: svn->git transition
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 02:49:39PM +0100, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
>
>> We will be switching to git (instead of svn) for our repositories.
>
> Any particular reason?

I've asked a couple of folks and they too found git easier to use.
Benefits in my POV include:
- bisect. Makes it easy to track down a regression
- easier merging between a couple of branches
- convenient git-am to apply patches from email
etc.

> As far as I know, git works on local repositories.  How will we get  
> things committed into a mainline repository?

git push -v --thin git+ssh://$USERNAME at uclibc.org/srv/git/uClibc.git
Paths will differ a bit, i will update the developer instructions on the
webpage accordingly.