Re: Git Vs. Svn for a project which *must* distribute binaries too.
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Bryan Childs wrote:
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> 2) Unlike the Linux Kernel, which Linus uses as a prime example of
> something git is very useful for, the Rockbox project has no central
> figurehead for anyone to consider as owning the "master" repository
> from which to build the "current" version of the Rockbox firmware for
> any given target.
>
> 3) With a central repository, for which we have a limited number of
> individuals having commit access, it's easy for us to automate a build
> based on each commit the repository receives.
>
> Given these three points, we wonder how we'd best achieve the same
> using git. As far as we can make out we'd need to appoint someone as a
> maintainer for a master repository whose job it is to co-ordinate
> pulls from people based on when they've made changes we wish to
> include in the latest version of our software. This sounds like a time
> consuming role for a project which is only staffed by volunteers.
You can setup git to work in a centralised style if you wish.
See http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/cvs-migration.html
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Julian
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Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>