[Scummvm-devel] ATTN: Proposed layout for git repository

[Johannes Schickel]

On 09/23/2012 08:37 PM, Eugene Sandulenko wrote:
>    scummex/* --> scummex (??? it will go first in the list, but
> scummvm-scummex looks weird to me)

Indeed scummvm-scummex looks weird. Maybe we should skip it for now. If 
there's anyone interested in ScummEX development we could setup a 
special project for it.

> Now on the websites:
>
> Right, keeping them in subdirectories makes it tricky to autoupdate on
> the target sites. So let's ditch that.
>
> Option 1. Separate repo for everything
>    buildbot  --> scummvm-buildbot
>    doxygen --> scummvm-doxygen
>    forum/trunk --> scummvm-forum
>    web/* --> scummvm-web
>    web-planet -- scummvm-planet
>    wiki/trunk -- scummvm-wiki
>
> Option 2. Put everything in branches on scummvm-sites.
>    buildbot -> scummvm-sites:buildbot
>    doxygen --> scummvm-sites:doxygen
>    forum/trunk --> scummvm-sites:forum
>    web/* --> scummvm-sites:master  ??
>    web-planet -- scummvm-sites:planet
>    wiki/trunk -- scummvm-sites:wiki
>
> The problem with this option is that you have to pull everything for
> modifying just the buildbot scripts. Currently it takes about 350MB
> for -web repo. I'd say that's a lot. This was my primary reason why I
> proposed to put it into a separate repository.
>
> Option 3. Web separate in scummvm-web, rest is in branches on
> scummvm-sites or scummvm-web-other.
>
> Thoughts?

I think I would prefer a separate repo for everything in this case. 
Working with branches for totally different data feels just wrong.

// Johannes