Archlinux ABS @ github

str1ngs · 2010-07-02 12:38:54

I've created a mirror of the archlinux svn on github http://github.com/str1ngs/abs.

The mirror has some cool feature's the master branch has been rebased to look like abs, Which basically adds git support to abs.

I've added a README it should contain enough details on how to get up and running with it.

Regards,

strings

Dieter@be · 2010-07-03 17:46:21

awesome. this is exactly what i wanted to do myself!
and for the same reason as you. it becomes much easier to maintain customized packages.
every single commit in svn becomes a new commit in git, right?

fwiw: I once requested to use git officially for this, but there were some practical issues that apparently git cannot handle.
See http://www.mail-archive.com/arch-genera … 11753.html for more info

fsckd · 2010-07-03 19:26:36

Dieter@be wrote:

fwiw: I once requested to use git officially for this, but there were some practical issues that apparently git cannot handle.
See http://www.mail-archive.com/arch-genera … 11753.html for more info

Since that link 404s for me, here is an alternative: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 11769.html .

str1ngs · 2010-07-03 19:28:56

All of the svn commits become commits in git it's easier to see this with the svn branch. They are a bit cryptic right now but I think I can tweak it to be more readable. So in theory the svn branch is identical to svn.

I did read that thread already about svn vs git. And I guess svn won over git. I personally think git would be way better in the long. But my intention is not to rock that boat, and to work around it as best as possible.

My hopes is we can drum out a good svn to git work flow that works. I still dont like the amount of rebasing required to make the svn branch look like abs. And I still have to force push it github. Which means you can only pull new commits from github with git pull --rebase. Which is fine more then likely you would have to do that anyways to version bump your PKGBUILD's.

To really get this working I could use alot more people using it and doing some peer review. Also help with the rebasing process and possibly finding a more automated process. Once we get something that is smooth down pat we can document it so people that maintain there own packages can replace abs syncing with this. Possibly even find a work flow that allows for pulling one packaging at a time.

Regards,

strings

ngoonee · 2010-07-04 02:49:44

I believe the primary 'missing' thing you can do with SVN and not with git is only pull a specific package (as you've mentioned), which is a pretty big deal.

str1ngs · 2010-07-04 05:06:52

ngoonee wrote:

I believe the primary 'missing' thing you can do with SVN and not with git is only pull a specific package (as you've mentioned), which is a pretty big deal.

This can be done just not in the way svn does it.

mkdir abs
cd abs && git init
git config core.sparsecheckout true
echo "core/bash/" > .git/info/sparse-checkout
echo "extra/git/" >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
git pull git://github.com/str1ngs/abs.git
find -name PKGBUILD

str1ngs · 2010-07-05 20:32:18

I've added community. and I've streamlined the svn to git process to not have to rebase. which should translate into slick pull/merges.

str1ngs · 2010-07-06 21:08:33

I've added a wiki page at github. With a much more concise way to work with single or groups of packages.

The wiki page can be found here http://wiki.github.com/str1ngs/abs/work … e-packages

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#1 2010-07-02 12:38:54

Archlinux ABS @ github

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