Re: [virtio] rearranging the tree

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:43:05 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:19:22PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:28:49 +0200
> > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi!
> > > I'd like to re-arrange the tree to match standard
> > > svn layout.
> > 
> > Could you elaborate for those of us not familiar with svn?
> 
> OK.
> 
> At the moment we have all files under
> https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio
> this means we can not create tags or branches
> since in svn these are sub-directories - and
> there is no where to put them.
> 
> The standard calls for this layout:
> 
> https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/trunk
> https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/branches
> https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/tags
> 
> and each tag/branch is a sub-directory there.
> 
> This re-arrangement more or less disconnects files from history: you can
> retrieve all old history before old v1.0, or you can retrieve
> new history since v1.0, but not both in same local repo or at least not
> conveniently.

That's a bit of a pity, but if we want branches/tags we'll have to live
with that, I guess.

> > > 
> > > I'll add a README file to document the steps.
> > > 
> > > Thoughts?
> > > 
> > My main concern would be that I'd still want to use git-svn with local
> > git branches for cherrypicking etc. Otherwise, I don't care too much.
> 
> That will still work, but you will have to re-create your git tree.

OK, with a good README file this is fine with me.