On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Benjamin Root
I wouldn't call myself a developer, but I have been wanting to contribute recently. I learned source control with svn, so I am much more comfortable with it. My one attempt at using git for a personal project ended in failure.
Then I discovered this guide, "Git-SVN Crash Course": http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
I hope this would be useful to other subversioners like me who might be hesistant to switch to git.
Thanks for the link. If we move to git, we will also develop a suggested workflow and post it online so that anyone should be able to just cut-and-paste the git commands. As Matthew mentioned both ipython and nipy have adopted the same workflow: https://cirl.berkeley.edu/mb312/gitwash/development_workflow.html The idea of the above document is not to teach people how to use git in general, but just for the specific way git is used in the development workflow for nipy and ipython. If you have some time to look at the ipython/nipy workflow, it would be useful to know how helpful you think a document like this would be for SVNers switching to git. If you have any other suggestions for what the NEP should include, please let us know. Thanks, Jarrod PS. I am glad to hear that you are interested in contributing to NumPy development. If you are looking for a good place to start, you may want to consider helping with the 2010 summer documentation marathon or submitting a patch to address an open ticket.