Re: switching to git?

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> According to Jim Meyering on 9/17/2007 1:18 AM:
>> Now that the cvs-to-git gateway is set up, I am ready to switch
>> gnulib development to git.
>>
>> There are probably tools and services (web?) that rely on having
>> an actual CVS repository, but people who care about those can take
>> it upon themselves to adapt them to git -- or to the git/cvs
>> emulation, if needed.
>
> One of these is the savannah web page.  It takes someone with savannah
> project admin rights to swap the gnulib project over from CVS to git
> listings, so that the link provided on this page[1] will point to the new
> git repository and git-cvsserver alternate, rather than the old CVS
> repository (which I assume should no longer be readable, since we won't be
> keeping it in sync).
>
> [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=gnulib
>
> Would the swap make it so that everyone who has commit rights to CVS now
> will be granted push rights to the git repository?

I've never made that switch, but I would expect sensible behavior.
If something doesn't work right away, one of us with privileges will
fix it promptly.