[Bioperl-l] BioPerl Migration to Git/GitHub

[Chris Fields]

On May 6, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Robert Buels wrote:

> The branching model at http://nvie.com/git-model is a good one, but the diagram might be a little intimidating for devs that are new to git.
> 
> Note that the only branches that most devs will need to be concerned with are the feature branches (sometimes called topic branches), and the main development branch.  The other branches are mostly concerned with making releases.
> 
> To weigh in on other issues on this thread:
> 
> * Might as well keep the svn metadata, it doesn't hurt and could help in
>  any situations that call for historical digging around.
> * I don't think we should allow any svn write support.  Anybody that
>  truly cannot get over the hump can send patches to the list.
> 
> Thanks so much for heading this up Chris.
> 
> Rob

One stumbling block that I'm seeing is there is a current lack of pre-commit hook support in github (to prevent destructive or history-changing commits).  I don't think this will be a problem, but it's worth noting.  post-commit is fine.

chris