Re: Git migration timeline

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 15:58, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I can see the point of wanting to be dead certain the repository isn't
>> changing under you during the data migration. Perhaps we need an agreed
>> window between last call for commits and the actual lock-out.

> To prevent that, I just need to shut it down for 2 minutes to rsync
> the latest changes off it and onto the new git box. Maybe that's how
> we should do it.

That sounds like a reasonable scheme to me, especially since it leaves
the cvs repository functional. Dunno about you, but I want a fallback
plan in case this turns into a disaster ...

regards, tom lane