Re: Changes to FarCry Core Git repository

Might I suggest adding a README explaining the process for pull requests? 
 Might help encourage others to provide bug fixes and enhancements.

On Thursday, October 17, 2013 7:34:23 AM UTC-4, Dennis Clark wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> There are few changes today for FarCry Core that I want to let you know 
> about.
>
> *R.I.P. Subversion*
>
> The Subversion repository hosted by Atlassian is now offline. The GitHub 
> repository https://github.com/farcrycore/core is now the official home of 
> the FarCry Core codebase.
>
> *Tag branches have been replaced with git tags*
>
> With no more SVN synchronisation I was finally able to convert the tag 
> branches in the git repository to lightweight git tags. While I tried to 
> keep as much of the history intact, there were some old tags that might not 
> have all the changes that were in Subversion.
>
> If you have already cloned core you can delete the now-obsolete tracking 
> branches with the following command:
>
> git fetch origin --prune
>
>
> If there is interest I may do a separate post on how to maintain your 
> FarCry Core checkouts when you want to stick to (or stick close to) 
> milestones.
>
> If you are looking for a specific tag or commit from Subversion that is 
> missing from the official core repo, I have saved the original tag branches 
> in all their glorious mess in a fork: 
> https://github.com/boomfish/farcry-core-legacy
>
> *Core mirrored on Bitbucket*
>
> We also have a full backup mirror of FarCry Core hosted at Bitbucket: 
> https://bitbucket.org/farcry/core
>
> The Bitbucket repository is synced hourly and integrated with the 
> community JIRA so that commits and tickets can link to each other. This 
> latter feature is mostly intended for users who wish to trace legacy bug 
> reports to fixes.
>
> We're considering our options for issue tracking going forward: we may 
> continue to use JIRA, or we may switch to GitHub's issue tracker. We'll 
> make an announcement once we've made a decision, but for now if there's an 
> issue you want addressed you may want to report it on this list rather than 
> file a ticket.
>
> *Contributing via pull requests*
>
> If you are a code contributor who used to have SVN commit access but we 
> haven't given you commit access to the GitHub repository, you can still 
> contribute by making your changes in your own fork then issuing us a pull 
> request. If you are thinking of issuing a pull request please let us know 
> beforehand so we can brief you on our process.
>
>
> Questions about anything I've said here? Just ask.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Dennis Clark | Developer | Daemon | +61 2 8999 8872 | 
> http://www.daemon.com.au
>  

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