Migrating open source code repositories from CVS to GitHub
Pitfalls!
Remember that GitHub publishes every detail of your project work: If you enjoy writing insulting code comments or commit log messages, it's a good idea to stop doing so and clean up the repository before publishing it; GitHub will post whatever you write as search engine fodder. Things that were previously only accessible to a few developers in a hidden CVS repository are now suddenly available to your grandma and grandpa on a normal HTML page. Before you commit, make sure you take a close look at the content.
Infos
- Listings for this article: ftp://www.linux-magazin.de/pub/listings/magazin/2009/08/Perl
- "The PITA Threshold: GitHub vs. CPAN" by Dan Dascalescu, http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/essays/pita-threshold
- "Turn your Sourceforge Project into a Git Repo" by Mike Schilli, March 21, 2009, http://blog.usarundbrief.com/?p=12
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