[LLVMdev] Howdy + GIT

[Owen Anderson]

Woah!  Long time no see!

I agree with what others have said about converting to git: it’s very useful as for local workflows, but having a simple linear history for LLVM mainline is really handy.

—Owen

> On Jan 15, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Reid Spencer <reid at reactific.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello LLVMers,
> 
> It has been a while (8 years?) since I’ve been involved with LLVM but I’m considering picking it up again. My recent review of the code base has led me to wonder if it isn’t time to update the code base, specifically:
> Convert to GIT
> Refactor into smaller, separate, reusable libraries
> Host the master repository at GitHub (amongst other places)
> 
> My reasons for doing this don’t have to do with the code repository choice, but rather encouraging innovation. LLVM’s private and centralized repository is now hurting the project, I believe. The GIT model fosters better code sharing and GitHub in particular makes integration of new ideas significantly easier. It is my opinion that LLVM is missing out on contributions simply because it doesn’t utilize the modern cloud-based tools.
> 
> So, what’s your (developer) response to this? “No way in hell”, “Interesting idea”, “We should do that”, or “Why haven’t we done it yet?”
> 
> FYI: Yes, I’m signing up to do a bunch of the leg work if the development community wants this.  If not, I’ll make other plans. 
> 
> Sorry if this topic has been covered .. the archives are not searchable (google group, anyone?).
> 
> Reid Spencer
> 
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