Even if you don’t bring in your full history when you move to an eclipse github repository, it is well worth making sure that the first commit to the new repo is exactly the same as the final commit in the old
one.
If you do this, then you can use git replace to graft the old history onto the new history any time that you want the full history.
You need access to both repos, and it’s a good idea to add instructions on how to do the replacement, but it’s quite a powerful technique.
See
https://git-scm.com/blog/2010/03/17/replace.html for a complete example.
Take care,
Mark……….
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OK, maybe it was easier for us because and really only a short history of several months.
I hope didn't bring more confusion. I just wanted to point out that Eclipse, ad Wayne especially, has been always open to discussion over “have tos” and were very helpful. At worst, you’ll get through explanation for
“have to” if you ask, as Wayne just proved with his reply.
Thanks Wayne, you and others from Eclipse are really helpful and it's been a pleasure to work with you.
Ondro
> From my experience there's no "have to" in Eclipse, only guidelines and best practices.
That may be true in some areas, but I fought hard to avoid squashing history when my project joined Eclipse and lost. I don't think you can avoid it.
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Ondrej Mihályi <ondrej.mihalyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From my experience there's no "have to" in Eclipse, only guidelines and best practices. If you have special needs or concerns, you should discuss with your Eclipse mentor and seek the best for both your project and the Eclipse
foundation. They are very flexible, don't be afraid to express your concerns if you think the default isn't convenient for you.
2017-10-03 8:54 GMT-07:00 Stephane Epardaud <stef@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
What? We were told we had to squash history when moving…
On 03/10/17 17:51, Ondrej Mihályi wrote:
As an Eclipse MicroProfile commiter, I know there are 2 options to create a github repo at Eclipse
- create a new empty repo based on Eclipse template (EPL license file, etc.)
- migrate an existing repo under the Eclipse github org, preserving history, issues and everything else
As an example of the second option, have a look at https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-config - it was migrated under eclipse org this year,
but there are still issues and commits dated to 2016 - everything was preserved from day 1.
So I wouldn't be afraid of losing history.
2017-10-03 5:04 GMT-07:00 Oliver Kopp <kopp.dev@xxxxxxxxx>:
Hi Stephane,
2017-10-03 13:14 GMT+02:00 Stephane Epardaud <stef@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> As part of the Ceylon move to Eclipse, we have to move our github repos to
> the Eclipse organisation. I understand we have to delete history, so we'll
> need to first force-push a blank history to our current repo, delete all
> branches and tags,
Yes. You might want to add the tag "initial-code-contribution" as tag.
I used "Initial Code Contribution - CQ 7916" at the first commit to
ensure proper referencing to IPZilla.
I also agree that an BugZilla issue is the best way to move forward.
Cheers,
Oliver
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