[PLUG] git and other version control at the same time

[drew wymore]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Larry Brigman <larry.brigman at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have the responsibility to maintain a kernel for a product we are
> building.
> I would like to use git to allow me to pull code in from kernel.org
> without having to
> search for patches.
>
> I have two issues that seem to be at odds of doing what I want.
> 1) I started with a tarball not a git clone.
> 2) I have to maintain a checked in version of source code in Clearcase
>
> As anyone has some experience in dealing with a situation like this?
> Recommendation other than chucking Clearcase?
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Is Clearcase absolutely necessary for your setup? I have never used it ( is
it linux/unix based at all? ) I think you could accomplish what you want
with setting up a git repo for patch downloads and then some scripting fu to
import the updates into your other version control software. Subversion
comes to mind since it would seem pretty trivial to script an http: or even
file system update of the new(er) patches you've downloaded using git.

Drew-