switch from Mercurial (hg) to git
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 67
- Forks
- 52
- Avg merge
- 3d 23h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 54
Description
mozilla-central development will switch from Mercurial to Git. The Mercurial repositories will persist for further migration work for sufficient time after the Git repository has become the canonical source for writing changes which are synced afterwards with Mercurial.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the repository's Mercurial integration and Git-related workflows, then determine the migration scope and how synchronization with Mercurial is validated; done means Git is the canonical source for changes without breaking the stated migration workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100