Hi! > > - because it is not easy and fast to migrate and if you do it you have to > > redo the local repository, if you are alone working on the repository it is > > not a big problem while if you are many it can create inconveniences > > IMO this is the real hurdle. > Migrating thousands (in the case of pkg-perl) repos both remote/on > salsa and locally (for dozens of team members) is not trivial, and > AFAIK noone so far has come up with working tooling.
I wrote and rewrote this script a couple of times in past two months: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/-/blob/main/scripts/dep-14-convert-git-branch-names.sh It's not exactly ideal yet, but it does the job. The name is a bit stupid, and it only outputs the commands it recommends users to run, it does not actually execute them (yet). In hindsight it became a bit more complex than what makes sense for a shell script. Simon also pointed out that the way the `salsa` script (that this uses) stores API keys in plain-text isn't exactly ideal for security. Jeremy: You mentioned Debian team is migrating branches. Perhaps you can test this and collaborate on polishing it? In general, if anybody wants to take a stab to improve it, feel free to add me as reviewer in MRs targeting this script. - Otto PS. Props to Johannes SMR for reviewing and testing the script in past months!
