I'm all for it! Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Herbert Valerio Riedel | Sent: 09 January 2014 10:31 | To: ghc-devs | Subject: Folding ghc/testsuite repos *now*, 2nd attempt (was: Repository | Reorganization Question) | | Hello All, | | It seems to me, there were no major obstacles left unaddressed in the | previous discussion[1] (see summary below) to merging testsuite.git into | ghc.git. | | So here's one last attempt to get testsuite.git folded into ghc.git | before Austin branches off 7.8 | | Please speak up *now*, if you have any objections to folding | testsuite.git into ghc.git *soon* (with *soon* meaning upcoming Sunday, | 12th Jan 2014) | | ---- | | A summary of the previous thread so far: | | - Let's fold testsuite into ghc before branching off 7.8RC | - ghc/testsuite have the most coupled commits | - make's it a bit easier to cherry pick ghc/testsuite between | branches | - while being low-risk, will provide empiric value for deciding how | to proceed with folding in other Git repos | | - Proof of concept in | http://git.haskell.org/ghc.git/shortlog/refs/heads/wip/T8545 | | - general support for it; consensus that it will be beneficial and | shouldn't be a huge disruption | | - sync-all is adapted to abort operation if `testsuite/.git` is | detected, and advising the user to remove (or move-out-of-the-way) | | - Concern about broken commit-refs in Trac and other places: | | - old testsuite.git repo will remain available (more or less) | read-only; so old commit-shas will still be resolvable | | - (old) Trac commit-links which work currently will continue to | work, as they refer specifically to the testsuite.git repo, and | Trac will know they point to the old testsuite.git | | - If one doesn't know which Git repo a commit-id is in, there's | still the SHA1 look-up service at http://git.haskell.org/ which | will search all repos hosted at git.haskell.org for a commit | SHA1 prefix. Or alternatively, just ask google about the SHA1. | | - Binary blobs (a few compiled executables) that were committed by | accident and removed right away again are removed from history to | avoid carrying around useless garbage in the Git history (saves | ~20MiB) | | - Path names are rewritten to be based in testsuite/, in order to | make it easier for Git operations (git log et al.) to follow | history for folders/filenames | | - Old Commit-ids will *not* be written into the rewritten commits' | messages in order not to add noise (old commit ids can be resolved | via the remaining old testsuite.git repo) | | | | [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.ghc.devel/3099 | _______________________________________________ | ghc-devs mailing list | ghc-devs@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs