Re: [boost] [git] Boost.Build location

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Boost.Build location
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-26 13:01:20

On 12/26/2012 11:48 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On 26.12.2012 21:30, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> On 26.12.2012 13:26, Daniel Pfeifer wrote:
>>> 2012/12/26 Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>:
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering what will be the location  of Boost.Build after the git
>>>> switch. It seems to be
>>>> part of http://github.com/boost-lib/boost right now.
>>>
>>> It has its own repository: https://github.com/boost-lib/build
>>
>> Oh, that's good. Will that eventually include full version history
>> from SVN?
>
> In fact, could this repository be adjusted to be content of current
> tools/build/v2 ?
>
> There's very little practical reason to have history from Boost.Build V1
> be present in git,
> and the "v2" directory at the top level makes no sense.

What I would suggest is that we convert from svn to git manually into 
our own repo (since the current bridge doesn't keep history). Then push 
the new, full history version, into the boost subrepo.

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