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sr #109007: delete old/unused git repo for nano project

Submitter:  Mike Frysinger <vapier>
Submitted:  Fri 01 Apr 2016 08:25:23 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Source code repositories - developer access Priority:  5 - Normal
Severity:  3 - Normal Status:  Done
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  rwp
Operating System:  None Open/Closed:  Closed
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Sat 02 Apr 2016 02:14:34 AM UTC, comment #3: 

thanks, i've been able to publish our full/clean git history now

Mike Frysinger <vapier>
Sat 02 Apr 2016 12:59:24 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Done. It is ready to go for you.

Bob Proulx <rwp>
Site Administrator
Sat 02 Apr 2016 12:24:26 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for including all of the reference links.  That made reviewing the issue much easier.

I have made a temporary archive of the nano.git repository and moved it out of the way.  This is a little bit of an experiment for me.  I believe the cron job that creates repositories will notice that the Savannah config for nano wants a git repository, that one does not exist, and the cron job will make it in the next hour's run.  This will set things up in a pristine setup and you can push to it again.  I will check back in an hour or so and verify and if not then I will step in and take action.

Really? The mailing list shows that you guys chose April Fools Day for this on purpose?  (/me shakes head and laughs maniacally)

Conversions are often messy.  It is okay if you run into a snag and need to iterate on this more than once.  We have all been there.  This is easy for us to handle.  Please don't hesitate to ask for another cycle or three while you are working things out.

Bob Proulx <rwp>
Site Administrator
Fri 01 Apr 2016 08:25:23 PM UTC, original submission:  

the nano project [1] is still using SVN [2].  a while back, an initial conversion to git was attempted and uploaded [3], but it ended up not being used (the svn conversion was too messy).  this should be fairly obvious from the commit dates in the repos -- svn is still actively used, but the git repo was never pushed to beyond the initial conversion import.

recently though, a 2nd attempt has been made [4] to convert the svn history to git and have it be properly cleaned up/tagged/etc...  we'd like to use this repo as the new git basis [5] so we can finally cut over from svn.

but it turns out we can't rewrite or delete the master branch [6] w/out admin assistance.  so could someone here help us out ?  if you could just nuke the current git repo entirely, that'd be fine (since none of the history matches the new one).  the reasons cited for disallowing deletion do not apply to our case -- no history/code is being lost (it's all in svn & in the new git repo), and the git repo that exists today was never actually used by the project.

[1] https://savannah.gnu.org/p/nano
[2] http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?root=nano
[3] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git
[4] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2016-02/msg00078.html
[5] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2016-03/msg00029.html
[6] https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/UsingGit/

Mike Frysinger <vapier>

 

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