[mgunit] Move to GitHub?

Michael Galloy mgalloy at idldev.com
Thu Feb 4 22:55:23 PST 2010


> Hi,
> Are there any plans to move the mgunit code over to a system that makes it
> easier to contribute to the code, such as GitHub?  I'd imagine that with all
> the svn:externals there may be a bit of work involved.  git does support
> submodules, which provide the same basic behavior, but would require mirrors
> for each of the separately tracked projects.
> 
> In any event, I've been a big fan of Subversion, but its biggest flaw is the
> hurdle required for new contributors to get started.  There are a few things
> I'd like to enhance with mgunit, but really would like an SCM to use while I
> do so.
> 
> Please let me know either way.  If it's not planned, I may set up tailor.py
> or something similar to create a git mirror of the primary SVN repo.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mel

I have considered moving to git, there are certainly advantages. But I'm not currently planning to move to git any time in the near future (main reasons are: svn is installed automatically on my server, git is not; Trac works easily with svn).

Mike
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