Moving to Git

Note: This plan should be considered *alpha*.

Notes

• Target: The 1.53 release, scheduled for February 4th, 2013, is the last Subversion release of the Boost Libraries.
• All dates are targets, not deadlines. We don’t move forward until we are ready.

• During testing:
  • The repositories at github.com/boost-lib/* are for testing only and will not receive a blessing.
  • All commits to the Git repository are for testing only and will not be permanent changes. They will be lost!
  • Development should continue in Subversion only.

Schedule

• Done
  • History is here: ​https://github.com/ryppl/boost-svn
  • Script to capture history from Subversion runs continuously

• 2012-12-15
  • Rough draft of most documentation for most roles are complete. ​Help Desk is in place.

• 2013-01-01
  • Instructions (or a script) for grafting history is complete and works.

• 2012-01-01 – 2013-01-25
  • Developers beta test Git repository (including history), reporting issues and asking questions on the Help Desk.

• 2013-01-25
  • Test machines all have Git installed.
  • Test script pulling from Git in place.

• 2013-01-25 – 2013-02-01
  • Test fleet is testing code from Git.

• 2013-02-01 – 2013-02-08
  • Release managers create Git based “release” that Distro release managers or others may choose to test with.

• 2013-02-11
  • Subversion is made Read-Only.
  • Repositories at github.com/boost/boost-lib/* are recreated and blessed.
  • Final pull from Subversion to Git.
  • Development continues from Git.