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[Spencer Bliven]

Michael–

Oops, I forgot to add the development team to biojava-legacy. Everyone
should now have write permission on both projects.

-Spencer


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Michael Heuer <heuermh at gmail.com> wrote:

> What the hell?  Sorry, this new gmail compose interface is confusing.
>
> ...with the subject
>
> [GitHub] Subscribed to biojava/biojava notifications
>
> but have not received a similar notification regarding the
> biojava/biojava-legacy repo.
>
>    michael
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Michael Heuer <heuermh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Spencer,
> >
> > Is the biojava/biojava-legacy repo set up with the same permissions (not
> > sure if that is the right word to use) as biojava/biojava?  I ask
> because I
> > received an email from github with the subject
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Spencer Bliven <sbliven at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Everyone who requested git access on the spreadsheet should now have
> it. I
> >> recommend forking the repository to your own account if you're new to
> git.
> >> You can then accept your own pull requests into the main devel branch,
> >> after checking that the git history looks reasonable. While git is very
> >> flexible with rewriting history on local forks, once it gets pushed to
> the
> >> main repository it is much harder to undo any mistakes.
> >>
> >> Let me know if I missed anyone!
> >> -Spencer
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Andreas Prlic <andreas at sdsc.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thanks a lot, Spencer! This is a big step forward for the project!
> >> >
> >> > Andreas
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Spencer Bliven <sbliven at ucsd.edu>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The source to biojava3 is available on github! See
> >> >> https://github.com/biojava/biojava. Sorry about the delays–it was
> more
> >> >> difficult than I expected. I am still working on the legacy source,
> and
> >> >> should have that repository converted soon.
> >> >>
> >> >> You can get a clone via the commandline:
> >> >>
> >> >>   git clone -b devel https://github.com/biojava/biojava.git
> >> >>
> >> >> Remember, *DON'T USE THE 'RELEASE' BRANCH*! Any commits there should
> be
> >> >>
> >> >> considered full biojava releases. To add new features, please create
> a
> >> >> new
> >> >> feature branch from  'devel', make your changes, and then merge back
> >> >> into
> >> >> 'devel'. Hopefully the branch names should make this clear. Note that
> >> >> there
> >> >> is no 'master' branch. This is deliberate, to avoid ambiguity. Make
> >> >> sure
> >> >> your tools are set up to use the right branch when cloning. I've set
> >> >> 'release' as the default branch so that new users will get stable
> code
> >> >> by
> >> >> default, so us developers need to make sure we're doing the right
> >> >> thing!
> >> >>
> >> >> I am actively working on updating the documentation on the wiki to
> >> >> reflect
> >> >> the new location. I could use some help on this if anyone has time to
> >> >> contribute. As a start, here's a page on using Git in Eclipse (
> >> >> http://biojava.org/wiki/BioJava3_eclipse), and here's documentation
> of
> >> >> the
> >> >> migration process (http://biojava.org/wiki/SVN_to_GIT_Migration).
> >> >>
> >> >> To check that your github account was properly linked, find an old
> >> >> commit
> >> >> and check that the author links to your github account. Old commits
> >> >> currently do not show up in your contribution activity, but I am
> hoping
> >> >> that it will appear after the github servers have time to index the
> new
> >> >> repo. I haven't added everyone as contributors yet, but will do so
> >> >> shortly.
> >> >>
> >> >> The git repository contains all the history after biojava moved from
> >> >> Ant
> >> >> to
> >> >> Maven (r7227). There was a major code rearrangement at this point
> that
> >> >> could not be automatically resolved by git-svn due to the early
> version
> >> >> of
> >> >> SVN the old repository used. Most branches were started before this
> >> >> point,
> >> >> so they were also not converted to git. The SVN server is still up in
> >> >> read-only mode in case we need to access the old history or migrate
> old
> >> >> branches. Please let me know if this is a concern for anyone.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for your patience through the process!
> >> >>
> >> >> -Spencer
> >> >>
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