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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/11/2015 3:25 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> On 12/08/2015 09:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> [snip]
>> I'm not the biggest github fan either.  I think its OK but it was
>> expecting a lot more given all of the fan fair.  I do like working with
>> git.  I've been using it exclusively for my Eeschema refactor work.  Has
>> anyone tried using the git support on launchpad yet?  I haven't had time
>> to mess around with it.  I know it's still a beta version but it might
>> be worth a look.  It could be a low pain option as long as the launchpad
>> devs get all the bug tracker and merge request support working with git.
>>  It may be worth trying to get an idea of when the LP devs plan to have
>> this done.  If it's within the next year, it may be worth waiting rather
>> than jumping ship.
> 
> There is basic support for git in Launchpad, and it seems to work.
> Following a short manual [1], I was able to push a branch to my git
> repository on LP [2]. It has taken me less than 5 minutes, thanks to our
> code is already stored in a git repo on github.
> If our main goal is to switch to git, then this must be the cheapest &
> quickest way.
> 
> Regards,
> Orson
> 
> 1. https://help.launchpad.net/Code/Git
> 2. https://code.launchpad.net/~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad
> 

Did you try to link a fake LP bug report and/or merge request to this
repo.  If those two things work at least as well as they do with bzr, it
might just be the way to go.