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The OpenMRS community is currently in the process of evaluating Git as a replacement for SVN.

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Note

When creating a new module or contrib, please e-mail ?code@openmrs.org to request a module ID or contribution name, including your OpenMRS ID, a description of your module/contribution, and your proposed module ID or contribname.  The conversation with the "code" e-mail group is used to avoid duplicates and maximize consistency of naming; you should expect a module ID to be decided within one day of your request.  Eventually, we hope to create a more automated process for ensuring uniqueness of module identification & awareness of existing modules.

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Copy the list of authors from ?Github Authors txt/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25520562 into an authors.txt file and from that folder, start with:

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If you get an error from svn2git, it's possible that one or more users are missing from the authors.txt file.  Checkout a local copy of the module from svn and list out all authors who contributed to the module:


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$ svn log --quiet | grep "^r" | awk '{print $3}' | sort | uniq


Make sure each of these users has an entry in the authors.txt file.  If anyone is missing, then find their corresponding git name and e-mail (if you cannot find these, e-mail the dev mailing list and ask for help). 


NB  Other alternatives to svn2git  include;

  1. svn-git

                Git comes with a pre-installed tool called    svn-git  see https://aboullaite.me/migration-from-svn-to-git-a-developer-guide/

                svn2git is just a wrap up tool around git's svn-git , and  it makes using svn-git more easier and flexible .However in some cases , it may be better to use svn-git directly

       2. The github Importer

               The github Importer is also a great and easy to use tool to use for conversion and migration of repos  from svn to git

                see https://help.github.com/en/articles/importing-a-repository-with-github-importer

Once the complete project is converted from svn to git format, you need to get it up to GitHub.

  1. Create a new repo in Github (or ask for one for the OpenMRS org from code@openmrs.org)
    1. Name: openmrs-module-yourmoduleid
    2. Description: a one-line description of what the module does (look at others for examples)
    3. Make it public
    4. Initialize with a README
    5. Add .gitignore for maven
  2. Edit the module's pom.xml to use the github address

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    	<scm>
    		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-yourmoduleid/</connection>
    		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-yourmoduleid/</developerConnection>
    		<url>https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-yourmoduleid/</url>
    	</scm>


  3. Change the local repo you just converted to point at that one github repo "origin" (below)

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    $ git remote add origin https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-yourmoduleid.git


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    $ git pull origin master


  4. Assuming that your module uses the OpenMRS license and it wasn't already in subversion's root, add it:

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    wget https://raw.github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/master/license.txt


  5. Commit your changes locally

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    $ git add .
    $ git commit -m "migrating from svn to github"


  6. Push the code to github (below)

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    $ git push

    Push the tags manually using the following command.

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    $ git push --tags


  7. Add default teams to the new github repository:
    1. Full Committers
    2. Partial Committers
    3. Repo Owners
       
  8. Under the Admin section for the new github repository, make sure Wiki & Issues are unchecked (we don't want wiki & issues going into github; rather, we want people using wiki.openmrs.org and jira.openmrs.org)

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It's preferable that older modules be mavenized prior to migrating to git, since it significantly reduces the size of the repository, making it easier for low-bandwidth developers to clone the repository locally.  If your module is not yet mavenized, see ?Converting old code to Maven.

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We have a shared authors file. Please use and add to this as needed: Github Authors txt /wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25520562!

IDE integration

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Git IDE Integration
Git IDE Integration

Best Practices

Here's the set of best practices to follow in distributed OpenSource projects.