[Biojava-dev] Github available

[Michael Heuer]

What the hell?  Sorry, this new gmail compose interface is confusing.

...with the subject

[GitHub] Subscribed to biojava/biojava notifications

but have not received a similar notification regarding the
biojava/biojava-legacy repo.

   michael


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Michael Heuer <heuermh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Spencer,
>
> Is the biojava/biojava-legacy repo set up with the same permissions (not
> sure if that is the right word to use) as biojava/biojava?  I ask because I
> received an email from github with the subject
>
>
>
>
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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Spencer Bliven <sbliven at ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Everyone who requested git access on the spreadsheet should now have it. I
>> recommend forking the repository to your own account if you're new to git.
>> You can then accept your own pull requests into the main devel branch,
>> after checking that the git history looks reasonable. While git is very
>> flexible with rewriting history on local forks, once it gets pushed to the
>> main repository it is much harder to undo any mistakes.
>>
>> Let me know if I missed anyone!
>> -Spencer
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Andreas Prlic <andreas at sdsc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks a lot, Spencer! This is a big step forward for the project!
>> >
>> > Andreas
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Spencer Bliven <sbliven at ucsd.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> The source to biojava3 is available on github! See
>> >> https://github.com/biojava/biojava. Sorry about the delays–it was more
>> >> difficult than I expected. I am still working on the legacy source, and
>> >> should have that repository converted soon.
>> >>
>> >> You can get a clone via the commandline:
>> >>
>> >>   git clone -b devel https://github.com/biojava/biojava.git
>> >>
>> >> Remember, *DON'T USE THE 'RELEASE' BRANCH*! Any commits there should be
>> >>
>> >> considered full biojava releases. To add new features, please create a
>> >> new
>> >> feature branch from  'devel', make your changes, and then merge back
>> >> into
>> >> 'devel'. Hopefully the branch names should make this clear. Note that
>> >> there
>> >> is no 'master' branch. This is deliberate, to avoid ambiguity. Make
>> >> sure
>> >> your tools are set up to use the right branch when cloning. I've set
>> >> 'release' as the default branch so that new users will get stable code
>> >> by
>> >> default, so us developers need to make sure we're doing the right
>> >> thing!
>> >>
>> >> I am actively working on updating the documentation on the wiki to
>> >> reflect
>> >> the new location. I could use some help on this if anyone has time to
>> >> contribute. As a start, here's a page on using Git in Eclipse (
>> >> http://biojava.org/wiki/BioJava3_eclipse), and here's documentation of
>> >> the
>> >> migration process (http://biojava.org/wiki/SVN_to_GIT_Migration).
>> >>
>> >> To check that your github account was properly linked, find an old
>> >> commit
>> >> and check that the author links to your github account. Old commits
>> >> currently do not show up in your contribution activity, but I am hoping
>> >> that it will appear after the github servers have time to index the new
>> >> repo. I haven't added everyone as contributors yet, but will do so
>> >> shortly.
>> >>
>> >> The git repository contains all the history after biojava moved from
>> >> Ant
>> >> to
>> >> Maven (r7227). There was a major code rearrangement at this point that
>> >> could not be automatically resolved by git-svn due to the early version
>> >> of
>> >> SVN the old repository used. Most branches were started before this
>> >> point,
>> >> so they were also not converted to git. The SVN server is still up in
>> >> read-only mode in case we need to access the old history or migrate old
>> >> branches. Please let me know if this is a concern for anyone.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your patience through the process!
>> >>
>> >> -Spencer
>> >>
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