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Re: Core statement on version control systems



At Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:36:54 +0100, Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: Core statement on version control systems
>
> On Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 02:52:27PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> > **** character set
> >
> > We should find any non-ASCII commit messages and try to convert them to
> > UTF-8.
>
> I've filed a couple cleanup tickets with admins about fixing some of
> these issues.
>
> I've also filed some cleanup tickets about other issues. I think these
> should be handled before the final conversion.

I'm curious if any of these fixups might cause recalculation of the
repository hashes or not.

I worry that they will.

I've avoided using any of the new conversions (hg or git) because my
experiments to use them have, so far, frequently required starting from
scratch with a fresh clone because someone has messed around in the CVS
repositories in such a way that the hashes all change, again and again.

I'm loathe to rely on hg or git until this possibility is entirely
eliminated once and for all.

At the same time though I'm still, all these years later, eagerly
awaiting a time when I can reliably use git for NetBSD source!

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