From: Julian Phillips Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:56:40 GMT Subject: Re: Git Vs. Svn for a project which *must* distribute binaries too. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5971b1ba0706040448i6e166031od1212192a549c4a9@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Bryan Childs wrote: > 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 -- Julian --- If reporters don't know that truth is plural, they ought to be lawyers. -- Tom Wicker