[Scummvm-devel] Fwd: Mercurial and Git Downtime for Multiple Repository Support

[Max Horn]

As a late follow up to the "move to a DVCS?" discussion we had some  
time ago: SF.net will very soon support multiple repositories for  
Mecurial and git.

Cheers,
Max

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> Von: "SourceForge.net Team" <noreply at sourceforge.net>
> Datum: 12. August 2009 20:20:49 MESZ
> An: max at quendi.de
> Betreff: Mercurial and Git Downtime for Multiple Repository Support
>
> Greetings,
>
> As previously announced, there will be a short downtime for all  
> Mercurial
> repositories tomorrow, followed by a modification to the URLs used for
> repository access. This is to allow for upgrades to support multiple
> Mercurial repositories per project.
>
> The original announcement with additional details can be found here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/sourceforge/2009/08/05/mercurial-multiple-repository-support/
>
>
> Additionally, a similar conversion with similar downtime and impact  
> will
> also be had for Git to support multiple Git repositories per  
> project. This
> conversion is scheduled to occur on 2009-08-13. We'll take action to
> minimize downtime and impact to users, but with a new path scheme it  
> is
> inevitable that most old URLs won't work as previously described in  
> the
> Mercurial migration notes linked above.
>
> Direct repository editing is now enabled over the shell service for  
> all
> Git, Hg and Bzr repositories. This change was made live today and
> deprecates the adminrepo tool for users of those repository types.  
> Users of
> CVS or SVN will still need to use adminrepo. This will allow for  
> easier
> editing of repositories. We strongly recommend that when modifying a
> repository other committers be notified of the direct edit window  
> and that
> you make your own backups prior to editing the content so you can  
> restore
> it readily yourself in the case of an accident.
>
> Thank you,
>
> The SourceForge.net Team
>
>
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