Tracking Angband using Mercurial (DVCS)

[d_m]

Hello all,

Recently, I have been wishing I could track and commit my local changes to Angband's source tree using Mercurial, a distributed version-control system I have been working with recently. I created a repository that will track Angband's SVN HEAD, and published it on bitbucket:

http://bitbucket.org/d_m/angband

If any other developers use Mercurial, you can feel free to clone this repository; you can then commit your personal changes, pull down new updates from SVN HEAD, and create patches to send to Takkaria. This is what I plan to do.

It would be great if Angband eventually moved to a DVCS, since there are so many variants, personal sets of patches, etc. I am most familiar with Mercurial, but git is also quite popular. Until then, I hope that some other developers will benefit from my repository.

You can find information about Mercurial at: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki. It runs on most Unices as well as Windows and OS X, and has some pretty nice graphical tools.

[PaulBlay]

Damn it. I just got used to SVN.

(I suppose I'll have to learn git next?)

[d_m]

I doubt you'll have to worry about Angband switching from SVN to Mercurial (although I would be happy if it did); I just figured that people who are currently using dynamic version control would appreciate having a stable base.

That said, I was worried that after posting this I would immediately be flamed out of existence by a crack team of hidden git commandos. I would be fine with someone maintaining a git bridge instead of Mercurial, honestly, but I don't have the personal expertise to do this.

[Marble Dice]

...flamed out of existence by a crack team of hidden git commandos.

That sounds like something out of NetHack.

[d_m]

As it often happens, as soon as I made an announcement about this I went and accidentally broke the bridge.

Thus I would encourage people not to clone the repository I posted until I get it fixed (since in the worst case I will end up importing a new one). Sorry for the noise.

[d_m]

Alright. After that false start, I think I have things set up correctly. Currently I will be syncing at least once a day. Once I automate this process, I plan to sync every 15 minutes.

If anyone has any problems or questions please let me know here or by email.