[OpenAFS-devel] Change of version control system

[Jason Edgecombe]

Simon Wilkinson wrote:
> After a long time talking about it, and a lot of development work, I'm 
> happy to announce that we have now completed the migration of our 
> version control system from CVS to git.
>
> If you are a user, then this won't affect you beyond the fact that our 
> development process will be more streamlined, and so hopefully we can 
> get things to you quicker, and in better shape.
>
> If you are a developer, then there are major changes both in tools, 
> and in workflow, involved. Whilst our CVS repository won't be going 
> away in the immediate future (so you can still 'cvs diff' your old 
> sandboxes), no new commits will be made in CVS. All new development 
> should be based on the source tree in git, which can be fetched and 
> managed through the git toolset.
>
> We are also instituting a new code review process. Before hitting the 
> source tree, all changes will go through Gerrit. Gerrit is a code 
> review application from Google which is extensively used by their 
> Android project. It provides a web based mechanism for managing patch 
> submission, and permits anyone to view and comment upon those patches 
> before they enter the source tree. Our review process is informal - 
> there are no hard and fast rules on what reviews a patch needs before 
> it can be committed, but from now on gerrit, rather than RT, will be 
> the place where these reviews occur.
>
> An introductory document on git, gerrit, and our proposed new workflow 
> is available from:
> http://www.dementia.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/GitDevelopers
>
> Our git repository is http://git.openafs.org
>
> Gerrit is available from http://gerrit.openafs.org
>
> Despite the name, the 'openafs-cvs@openafs.org' mailing list will 
> continue to receive notification of all changes to the repository.
>
> If you have questions, and I'm sure there will be many, please ask 
> them on the openafs-devel@openafs.org mailing list, on #openafs on 
> Freenode, or in the Jabber chatroom openafs@conference.openafs.org
Simon,

I give my heartfelt thanks for all of your work in getting git and 
gerrit running. I'm still getting used to git and gerrit, but so far, I 
love it.  This is awesome. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Jason