[chef-dev] Re: Upcoming chef-server repository merges

[Peter Fern < >]

On 04/28/2015 06:39, Steven Danna wrote:
> Some projects depend on oc-chef-pedant. If you depend on this
> project via a git source in your Gemfile, simply update the git
> URL. We have confirmed that bundler will still operate
> correctly. The next release may bump the version to be in line with the
> released server version.
>
> # Why are we doing this?
>
> The goal of this merge is to:
>
> 1) Make it easier to develop and review chef-server features and
> fixes,
>
> 2) Lower the start-up time for new contributors to the Chef
> Server, and
>
> 3) Ensure that changes to Chef Server components are shipped in a
> Chef Server package as soon as they are ready.
>
> # What about the git history?
>
> The git history is being preserved as part of this merge.  To see
> the full history of a given file, you will likely need to use the
> `--follow` flag when running `git log`.

Just a thought, that I may not have fully considered the ramifications
of, but you could alternatively import the modules to the meta
repository using `git subtree`, close pull-requests and issues on the
other repos and add git hooks on the meta repo to keep the other
repositories up-to-date, avoiding any impact on other projects that
reference the current repositories.