Re: please migrate to git

[Werner LEMBERG]

> There is "svn blame" which you can use to see when each line in a
> file was changed.

Indeed, but useless for me, since it only shows me existing code while
I'm wanting the opposite :-) I could have done manual bisecting, this
is, checking revision by revision until I find the change.

> I'm happy to upgrade to git now:
> 
> * Works offline
> * More familiar to people
> * Faster

Excellent!

> It will be this weekend at the earliest before I look into making
> this happen.

Thanks.  No rush, please :-)

> 
>> Given that Savannah provides git support and that it is rather easy to
>> import an SVN repository to git (using `git svn ...') I strongly
>> suggest to migrate to git.
> 
> Hopefully it is as simple as running git svn and then uploading the new 
> git repository to Savannah.

Almost, I think.  This guide

  https://aboullaite.me/migration-from-svn-to-gitlab/

looks useful.

Masamichi-san, how did you do the migration?  Maybe Gavin can simply
clone your version, which would be the simplest solution, of course.


    Werner