From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: Re: Some tips for doing a CVS importer Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:35 -0500 Message-ID: <20061121063934.GA3332@spearce.org> References: <9e4733910611201349s4d08b984g772c64982f148bfa@mail.gmail.com> <46a038f90611201503m6a63ec8ct347026c635190108@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910611201537h30b6c9f4oee9d8df75284c284@mail.gmail.com> <46a038f90611201629o39f11f42ye07b86159360b66e@mail.gmail.com> <87vel9y5x6.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <9e4733910611201740i348302e6r84c3c27dc27e5954@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:39:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Carl Worth , Martin Langhoff , Git Mailing List Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e4733910611201740i348302e6r84c3c27dc27e5954@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmPIR-0005HO-HB for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:39:55 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934356AbWKUGjm (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934353AbWKUGjm (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:42 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:2261 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934356AbWKUGjl (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:41 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GmPI9-0004r5-Gg; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:37 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7228920FB09; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:35 -0500 (EST) To: Jon Smirl Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Jon Smirl wrote: > brendan said SVN is likely for the main Mozilla repo and monotone for > the new Mozilla 2 work. No native win32 caused git to be immediately > discarded. Yea, that lack of native win32 seems to be one of a number of blockers for people switching their projects onto Git. I think there's a number of issues that are keeping people from switching to Git and are instead causing them to choose SVN, hg or Monotone: - No GUI. - No native win32 installation. - CVS import fails on some projects (e.g. Mozilla). - Confusing documentation. - pull/merge debate. - Fear of hash conflicts corrupting a repository. I think Junio has solved the pull/merge debate issue. We've talked the hash conflict issue to death, but some new people still haven't read those threads (or won't believe them). I know people are trying to work on improving the documentation, but there is obviously still room for improvements. Right now I'm trying to work on the no GUI problem with git-gui... --