[llvm-dev] RFC: Dealing with out of tree changes and the LLVM git monorepo

[Justin Bogner via llvm-dev]

Yes, I’m still trying to evaluate the migration script’s downsides as compared to the zipper approach’s downsides. Sorry that I got a little held up, but I have to balance evaluating this with getting other work done. 

I should have some feedback to a few of the responses on this thread next week. I really don’t think I can respond in a useful/productive way before I’ve finished these experiments.

> On Nov 15, 2018, at 16:07, Chandler Carruth via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> I think Justin was still experimenting a bit w/ the migration script. I'd like to at least let him get back to this with the results of that?
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:55 PM James Y Knight via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>> Based on the feedback so far, I propose that we call this discussion done -- we will not go with this zippered proposal, but will proceed with https://github.com/llvm-git-prototype/llvm/.
>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 5:06 PM David Greene via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>> Tom Stellard via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:
>>> 
>>> > What is the status with this proposal?  It has been 2 weeks now since
>>> > the initial email and it seems like the discussion  is slowing down.  Do
>>> > we still want to consider this zippered approach as a possibility for the
>>> > official repo?  
>>> 
>>> I have very strong feedback from the engineer who does our upstream
>>> merges that he does NOT want to see this zippered repository.  A clean
>>> linear history makes understanding merges much easier.
>>> 
>>> James made a number of other important points about limitations of the
>>> zippered repository:
>>> 
>>> http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-November/127460.html
>>> 
>>> git-bisect being more complicated is a deal-breaker for me.  Checking
>>> out a random commit and only getting part of the project is just odd.
>>> 
>>>                              -David
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