[wp-hackers] Switching from SVN

[Vid Luther]

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Also.. don't quote me on this.. but Snow Leopard 10.6.6 has git...

1.7.2.3

The owner of the fruit stand in Cupertino is known to take things out at
the last minute though.

Curtis McHale wrote:
> Git has an installer on google code. 4 lines to tell git who you are and
> it's setup. It's in apt for Linux and Mysysgit is the Windows version.
> I've used them all and it was pretty easy.
> 
> I use Git 90% from the command line. If you're looking for GUI then
> Tower is the best for OS X and Git does come bundled with a GUI.
> 
> William Davis wrote:
>> How native is git on people's machines? I know SVN is packaged with OS
>> X (I don't know about Windows), but I don't believe Git is. I could
>> definitely see a more complex setup process deterring people from
>> submitting plugins, for example — I know I was pretty confused when I
>> wanted to submit my first plugin a few years back.
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Vid Luther wrote:
>>
> I personally don't think switching to git, hg, bzr, tla will change the
> level of contribution. WP has done very well with an "antiquated, old,
> slow" subversion.
> 
> The core team has been cranking out high quality releases fairly well.
> I'm not sure if all the core developers are on this list, and even if
> they are, if they don't have any issues, then there's no need to ask
> them to switch.
> 
> The switch is not going to be something as simple as using svn-git, it's
> not a "just type git, instead of svn" change. it's a change in the
> workflow.. I still believe if we are to do it, we should start small,
> perhaps with the theme, or akismet, or some plugin..
> 
> the core team needs to make the decision to switch to Git, Hg, etc..
> they shouldn't make the switch because someone who may or may not
> contribute as much (no offense intended to anyone).. we need to work
> with the core team, not the other way around..
> 
> Just my $0.02 adjusted for todays inflation.
> 
> Curtis McHale wrote:
>>>>> I think Git is a better way but I understand that not everyone will.
>>>>> For
>>>>> some the issue is that they already know SVN (I already know Git so I'm
>>>>> totally in favour of that).
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the real question for WP is, would going to another system
>>>>> increase the participation long term? I'd anticipate that no matter
>>>>> what
>>>>> change happened there would be some drop in participation as people
>>>>> would decide it's not worth it. But in a year would we have more people
>>>>> committing b/c of a transition to X.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Schinkel wrote:
>>>>>> Some of the smartest developers I know locally are huge fans of Git,
>>>>>> though I have yet to use it.  I have all kind of issues with
>>>>>> Subversion though so I can easily assume that given my issues with SVN
>>>>>> and so many other smart people advocating for Git that it must be a
>>>>>> better way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That said, I've heard about Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and maybe one other
>>>>>> on this thread.  So the question I think might be not "Should we
>>>>>> switch from SVN" but instead "Which solution should we TO?"  If others
>>>>>> feel it's appropriate for the list I'd really love to hear discussions
>>>>>> about the pros and cons of the various alternatives especially as it
>>>>>> relates to WordPress core and to plugins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Mike
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