Re: Git Vs. Svn for a project which *must* distribute binaries too.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Bryan Childs wrote:

2) Unlike the Linux Kernel, which Linus uses as a prime example of
something git is very useful for, the Rockbox project has no central
figurehead for anyone to consider as owning the "master" repository
from which to build the "current" version of the Rockbox firmware for
any given target.

3) With a central repository, for which we have a limited number of
individuals having commit access, it's easy for us to automate a build
based on each commit the repository receives.

Given these three points, we wonder how we'd best achieve the same
using git. As far as we can make out we'd need to appoint someone as a
maintainer for a master repository whose job it is to co-ordinate
pulls from people based on when they've made changes we wish to
include in the latest version of our software. This sounds like a time
consuming role for a project which is only staffed by volunteers.

You can setup git to work in a centralised style if you wish.

See http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/cvs-migration.html

-- 
Julian

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