WordPress, Git-ified

64 points by zachshallbetter 14 years ago | 18 comments

Mark Jaquith has created an amazing tool that syncs WordPress via SVN every 30 minutes,

calvin 14 years ago |

FWIW, Mark Jaquith is a lead developer for WordPress.

I hope this is an indication they're considering a switch to Git for the future. It makes a lot of sense to me consider the distributed nature of Automattic's workforce and the large number of contributors to the codebase.

markjaquith 14 years ago | |

WordPress has a lot invested in SVN, so it wouldn't be a trivial switch. I imagine we'll switch eventually, but there are no concrete plans at this time. I actually use Git and git-svn to do all my WordPress core development:

http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/developing-on-wo...

armandososa 14 years ago | | |

Mark, is this a read only repository or pull-requests can be accepted?

timdorr 14 years ago | |

Drupal made the switch to git (from CVS) not too long ago and it's worked wonders for them. It's still a challenge, but they should have an easier time coming from svn, if they were to make the switch. The tools for conversion are quite mature.

rmc 14 years ago | | |

(from CVS)

Jesus. I thought SVN had beaten CVS years ago...

josegonzalez 14 years ago |

One of the pain points I have in freelancing is automatically updating a Wordpress installation without having to check whether it is up to date. Automating these updates via Chef/Puppet would be great, as it would also allow me to include patches into Wordpress where necessary, as well as alleviate the need for me to remind the bloggers to update.

Believe it or not, just because there is a notice that a new version of free software is out, doesn't mean any non-technical person will follow through with the notice.

Kudos on this.

jpetazzo 14 years ago |

There seems to be another mirror: https://github.com/dxw/wordpress

And, most disturbingly, there is also https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress, which looks more "official" but wasn't updated since about 1 year.

It would be awesome if WordPress would publish the official stuff under the wordpress github account - there would be less confusion, IMHO.

markjaquith 14 years ago | |

I quite literally just got access to the "wordpress" account on GitHub within the last 48 hours. I'll be working to get that one update automatically again.

benatkin 14 years ago |

Would there be any problems (aside from the people who've cloned this git repo already) if you got rid of the -branch in branch names? Seems awfully redundant in git. If not, I think it would be an improvement and the sooner the better!

mmuro 14 years ago | |

I think the reason the branches are there is because the master/root is bleeding edge.

eru 14 years ago | | |

Please read again, benatkin talked about names.

yariang 14 years ago |

Is this just the Wordpress code on Github or is it a variation of Wordpress that implements some sort of DVCS system? I am thinking the former. I ask because of the title.

nbpoole 14 years ago | |

The former. From the GitHub description:

> WordPress, Git-ified. Synced via SVN every 30 minutes, including branches and tags!

jhawk28 14 years ago | |

Just the Wordpress code on Github.

zachshallbetter 14 years ago |

I have a feeling that WordPress will begin to pull (even more) heavily skilled developers if they move to a structured SVN system like this.

fredoliveira 14 years ago | |

I think you mean VCS (version control system)? I say this because they already to use SVN at this point.

But to your point, indeed. The open-source community does pay attention to what's on Github. I'd love to see Wordpress move over to github - It would certainly make me follow the development closely and probably fix outstanding issues. Git (and pull requests on Github) make contributing so easy, it just makes sense.

_hnwo 14 years ago |

Despite it being under Mark Jaquiths name, are you really going to trust what is still an unofficial git repository of wordpress?

jsdalton 14 years ago |

This is great. I'd be doubly excited if they got the WP plugin repository on Github as well.