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

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Boost.Build location
From: Daniel Pfeifer (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-26 19:28:57

2012/12/26 Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>:
> 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.

The current bridge is preliminary, but the final conversion will not
convert history either.
All libraries will start with a fresh git repository without history
(History can be made accessible by grafting).

If you prefer to have all history directly in your repository, you may
convert it manually, of course.

-- Daniel