Conversion of the v3 repo to hg on track
Well, it's been a few weeks since my last blog entry. I thought I should take a few minutes to say that I am pleased (so far) with the hgsvn conversion tool. I have been able to convert the GlassFish v3 svn repo to hg. More than that, I was able to split it into the following modules:
- admin
- api
- build
- common
- core
- distributions
- ejb
- extras
- web
This supports the v3 modularization strategy. See the v3 Workspace wiki page for details.
Also, this Converting the Repos page was very helpful in learning how to use the hgsvn tool. For those of you who have not had the pleasure (with sarcasm) of doing a conversion to hg, the other existing tools, such as Tailor and hg convert, have not performed well. Mainly, I believe to their immaturity. With this context, it is easier to understand why I am so pleased with this result. Nonetheless, I am being cautious. I have asked some folks at Sun to look at the silo hg repos to see if they are ok. At some point, the GF team will be able to make these public. Look for another Brown Bag on hg at some point in the next few months.
