HEADS UP: FreeBSD src repo transitioning to git this weekend

[Warner Losh]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 12:53 PM Alan Somers <asomers at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 12:06 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 12:01 PM Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/16/20 7:46 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>> > > Greetings,
>> > >
>> > > The FreeBSD project will be moving it's source repo from subversion to
>> > git
>> > > starting this this weekend. The docs repo was moved 2 weeks ago. The
>> > ports
>> > > repo will move at the end of March, 2021 due to timing issues.
>> > >
>> > > The short version is that we're switching the version control we're
>> > using.
>> > > This switch will preserve much of the current FreeBSD development
>> > workflow.
>> > > After the switch, the subversion repo will become almost read-only.
>> All
>> > > future work will be done in git, however as a transition aide we'll be
>> > > replaying the MFCs to stable/11, stable/12 and the related releng
>> > branches
>> > > for the life of those branches.
>> > >
>> > > For more detailed information, please see
>> > > https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/ for the current
>> > documentation.
>> > >
>> > > Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/git for the latest detailed
>> schedule
>> > > (please note that this schedule is subject to change).
>> > >
>> > > Warner
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>> >
>> > One question I didn't see in the (excellent!) docs is whether we should
>> > be PGP-signing commits or not. Is that encouraged?
>> >
>>
>> We've not started doing that in general. I don't think signing would cause
>> issues, but since it is a bit of an unknown, we've not taken a position on
>> this.
>>
>> Warner (on behalf of the git working group)
>>
>
> I hope we don't have to start signing all commits.  saltstack/salt has
> that policy, and it's extremely annoying.
>

Have to? Not currently. As with all process changes, there will be
community discussion around the different points.

Warner