Re: [Monotone-devel] git fast-export

[Markus Wanner]

Hi,

Thomas Keller wrote:
> I scanned over your patch and noticed only a little quirk: you've
> introduced yet another command group ("git"); wouldn't it be better to
> collect all the different import/export functions under one common
> group, like the existing rcs ("revision control systems") or, to avoid
> the RCS analogy, "vcs"?

Maybe "ovcs", for Other, Overaged, Obscure or Outrageous VCS?

Other than that, I agree with Thomas that a single command group for all
import/export/push/pull/sync mechanisms to/from other VCSen is plenty.
It's not like we have such an overwhelming amount of conversion commands.

(I'd also love to see the underscore in cvs_import and git_export
vanish. But that's another issue..)

> Other than that I think you're right that people should have the choice
> what to use, and at least some need for a mtn -> git conversion tool
> popped up a few times on the list. Since git seems to become the "new
> big thing" its formats will probably be more wildly used than ours, so
> even people who stick to monotone will have something from this. (F.e.
> code_swarm [0] has a git-mode to render the pretty videos, though the
> XML format [1] it needs as input is easy enough to create even with a
> custom lua command...)

I absolutely agree.

Regards

Markus Wanner