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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 06:52:58PM +0100, Johan Hake wrote:
> Nice work!
> So this is how git get so fast, we first remove all the large files ;)

Yes, exactly.

I didn't think it would be such a hassle. I was imagining a simple
conversion (which took just a few minutes to figure out), but then
suddenly we are in the git camp and need to rewrite our history to
present a beatiful repository to the world. :-)

>> I have done some work on cleaning up the DOLFIN repository.
>>
>> - All data files have been removed from the lp:dolfin bzr repository.
>>
>> - All generated code has been removed from the lp:dolfin bzr repository.
>>
>> - With the help of Jed Brown's git-fat, I have generated a list of
>>  files that I suggest we strip from the history (once the new
>>  conversion has taken place).
> How will this affect the possibility to compile legacy versions of
> dolfin to test for example speed ups? Are these done with cached tarballs?

Those can be built (with a lot of effort) using the tarballs, and the
converted unchanged repository as well as the present bzr repository
will be stored for eternity on the web server.

What needs to happen now before we can make the transition is:

1. Get the buildbot green again. It is broken as a result of some
renaming and removing of files that the buildbot needs to generate.

2. Release 1.2.

3. Get comments from Florian or anyone else interested in merging in
converted repos on the Git side.

4. Get comments from developers on the list of proposed files to be
deleted from the history.

--
Anders


>> Please look at the files to be removed here (files_to_strip.txt):
>>
>>  https://gist.github.com/alogg/5213171
>>
>> Btw, is there some equivalent of the Gist thing for Bitbucket? I found
>> it very convenient for sharing the above data. Actually, I couldn't
>> figure out any other convenient way to do it.
>>
>> Garth is on his way to Australia, Florian needs some time to think
>> about what this means for conversion of branches (like his FFC
>> branch), Johannes is about to make a new release and I need feedback
>> on the file removal. So the new message is to keep on working on the
>> Launchpad repositories (with focus on cleanup and bug fixes) until
>> this has settled, and I'll run the final script for conversion of the
>> repositories again when we have worked out all the issues.
> Sounds good.
> Johan