Re: Re: IMPORTANT: Migration of org-mode.git to the new server on sunday 5pm-7pm CET (UTC+1)

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>,
	emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Subject: Re: Re: IMPORTANT: Migration of org-mode.git to the new server on sunday 5pm-7pm CET (UTC+1)
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:04:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DF68AE99-7085-4D4C-B18F-5162AE4D1A52@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A7F1CBB6-3858-4389-91DA-21B4EA59A1FB@gmail.com>

On Jan 8, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:

>
> On Jan 8, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Bastien wrote:
>
>> Hi Bernt,
>>
>> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>>
>>> Is it really necessary to rebuild the org-mode git repository (with
>>> filter-branch) to remove the ORGWEBPAGES/ content.  Anyone with a  
>>> clone
>>> and local branches of the existing repository will need to move  
>>> all of
>>> these to the new repository.
>>>
>>> Would creating a commit to remove the ORGWEBPAGES directory in the
>>> existing repository not work just as well?  This will keep all of  
>>> the
>>> existing SHA1s for historical commits intact.
>>
>> I think you're right.  Our goal was to remove ORGWEBPAGES/ into a new
>> repo with a proper history of its own.  As Jason did that with  
>> success,
>> I asked him to do the filtering for org-mode.git too -- which might  
>> be
>> too much (my bad).
>>
>> Jason, Carsten, what is your take on this?
>
> I agree with Bernt.

Sorry, let me be more specific.

I am for moving the website to a separate repository.  THis makes a  
lot of sense.  It does require to the release process though, because  
my setup also used to update the webpage automatically.

But I think that Bernt is right that it would be much better for users  
if the git repo remains in tact, so that moving simple means changing  
the pointer to the repo, and that local branches will survive.  So  
simple removing the webpage from the repo with a commit sounds like a  
good idea to me.

I don't think moving the webpage into a special branch is the right  
solution.

- Carsten

>
> Cheers
>
> - Carsten
>
>>
>>> If you remove the ORGWEBPAGES directory with just a commit in the
>>> org-mode repository then the SHA1's of previous commits will not  
>>> change
>>
>> Which is more in the spirit of what git allows: keep the revision
>> history as *truthful* as possible.
>>
>>> and we can just change the URL to point at the new server and we're
>>> done.
>>
>> I'm for the direction you suggest -- I let Jason and Carsten tell me
>> what they think before deciding.
>>
>> Thanks for voicing this in time!
>>
>> -- 
>> Bastien
>>
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