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Folks,<br>
<br>
Yesterday at the Offline Software meeting we decided to switch from
Subversion to Git for source code version control for hdds and
sim-recon. There was a consensus among those at the meeting in favor
of the change. I outlined a plan for making the switch which I am
reproducing below. Also a copy of my talk is on the DocDB:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://argus.phys.uregina.ca/cgi-bin/public/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=2757">http://argus.phys.uregina.ca/cgi-bin/public/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=2757</a><br>
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It is the third of the three talks there.<br>
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<b>Important</b>: we plan to make the switch at 5 pm, Wednesday,
July 15.<br>
<br>
Many of us have checked out versions of hdds and sim-recon in our
personal directories. If you have changes that exist only in
personal directories, they will not make the transition to Git (at
least not easily) unless they are checked into our Subversion
repository before we make the switch. Please allow yourself some
time between now and Wednesday to look over your directories and
decide which changes should be checked-in and which can be
discarded.<br>
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Let me emphasize that the switch is only for hdds and sim-recon;
nothing special will be done with the Subversion repository and
other packages/directories will be unaffected by the change. Also
note that hdds and sim-recon themselves will live on as they are
under Subversion. These two will just slowly go out of date and
should not be used for new check-outs.<br>
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Here is the switch-over procedure:<br>
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1. Comment: Only HDDS and sim-recon will be converted.<br>
2. Comment: Having two authoritative repositories is a
contradiction in terms.<br>
3. Schedule switch-over for COB, Wed., July 15.<br>
4. Between now and then, people should check in changes to the<br>
Subversion repository.<br>
5. Continue to get experience using practice repositories.<br>
6. Do final conversion from Subversion to Git overnight, Wed. to
Thu. Practice repositories will be deleted.<br>
7. Open for business for Git after all-clear announcement Thursday<br>
morning.<br>
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If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.<br>
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-- Mark<br>
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P. S. Sent this to both halld and halld-offline. Sorry for the
duplicate messages. I don't want to miss anyone.<br>
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