As reported in multiple publications over the course of the last three weeks, the long-awaited conversion of the GCC code base from SVN to Git has been stalled several times now since it was since proposed years ago.
The author of the reposurgeon tool said today that it is now feature-complete and that it should be possible to use it for a correct GCC conversion.
The conversion itself is taking so long because the SVN base dates back to the late 80s and is full of stuff that cannot be "translated into Git slang" automagically.
Another developer supplied patches to svn-git and maybe he didn't create the ultimate solution to the conversion problem, but he definitely turned the heat up for the developers in the reposurgeon team.
A GCC SVN to Git conversion is unlikely to actually happen over the holidays, but maybe we'll get a nice new year's gift?
The author of the reposurgeon tool said today that it is now feature-complete and that it should be possible to use it for a correct GCC conversion.
The conversion itself is taking so long because the SVN base dates back to the late 80s and is full of stuff that cannot be "translated into Git slang" automagically.
Another developer supplied patches to svn-git and maybe he didn't create the ultimate solution to the conversion problem, but he definitely turned the heat up for the developers in the reposurgeon team.
A GCC SVN to Git conversion is unlikely to actually happen over the holidays, but maybe we'll get a nice new year's gift?