Re: [boost] [git] Why are we using Github (was: The any library does not pull cleanly because of a forced update on develop and master)

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Why are we using Github (was: The any library does not pull cleanly because of a forced update on develop and master)
From: Keith Burton (kb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-18 03:48:33

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Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Why are we using Github (was: The any library
does not pull cleanly because of a forced update on develop and master)

On 12.12.2013 02:19, Cox, Michael wrote:
> Which brings me to a question I've been wanting to get answered:  why 
> was Github chosen in the first place?  I know it's the 900-lb gorilla 
> in public git repository hosts, but I think Bitbucket allows so much 
> more flexibility in configuring your repositories:
>
>     - Individual branches and wild-card refs can be configured with who is
>     allowed to commit (which can be a group).

Another problem with github model is that it promotes this
fork-and-pull-request model, which then creates a history where every second
commit is 'merged pull request N', which is not very useful. On the other
hand, many other projects are using gerrit, where contributors clone
locally, made changes and then push to a special magic ref on a server,
which creates online review. Contributors of course can share their changes
by pushing them to other repositories, but in the end, you end up with a
clean logical patches to the official repository.

Was this model considered for Boost?

Thanks,
Volodya

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