[chirp_devel] git vs hg patches [was: [PATCH 1/4] chirp.py: add --list-radios option (#2343)]

[Zach Welch]

On 02/24/2015 10:51 AM, Dan Smith wrote:
...
>> I did a little web searching and reading after sending my last message,
>> and I wonder if that is true?  hg-git provides the ability to pull from
>> and push to a remote git repository from within mercurial.  Wouldn't
>> that be sufficient for interacting with gerrit?
> 
> But they're not currently pushing, they're sending patches to the list,
> and mostly using mq for maintaining those patches on top of their repo
> (like quilt/guilt). In order to push from mercurial, you'd have to at
> least commit those patches and then you've got a more complicated
> problem for revising patches due to feedback, especially if tip is
> moving underneath.

Good points.  Even with hg's mq, don't developers already need to handle
tip moving underneath?  One of the reasons that I love git is 'rebase'
(and I see that mercurial has its own variant of it).  These days, I
can't imagine doing development without it, particularly when dealing
with projects where the tip/master branch is moving fast.

> Regardless, I only think this is doable if all the major players are
> willing to move to git/gerrit. Lets give them time to respond (from
> their respective timezones).

Absolutely.  I expect this issue to require ample discussion and
thorough consideration, so don't take my litany of questions as pressure
to do something right away.

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