Announce that we're migrated to git

i2p2www/blog/2020/12/10/Hello-git-goodbye-mtn.rst

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+{% trans -%}Hello Git, Goodbye Monotone{%- endtrans %}
+======================================================
+
+.. meta::
+   :author: idk
+   :date: 2020-12-10
+   :category: git
+   :excerpt: {% trans %}Hello git, goodbye mtn{% endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Hello Git, Goodbye Monotone
+{%- endtrans %}
+===========================
+
+{% trans -%}
+The I2P Git Migration is nearly concluded
+{%- endtrans %}
+-----------------------------------------
+
+{% trans -%}
+For over a decade, I2P has relied on the venerable Monotone service to support
+it's version-control needs, but during the past few years, most of the world has
+moved on to the now almost-universal Git version-control system. In that same
+time, the I2P Network has become faster and more reliable, and accessible
+workarounds to Git's non-resumability have been developed.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Today marks a significant occasion for I2P, today we switched-off the old mtn
+i2p.i2p branch, and moved the development of the core Java I2P libraries from
+Monotone to Git officially.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+While our use of mtn has been questioned in the past, I'd like to take this moment,
+and it's not always been a popular choice, as perhaps the very last project to use
+Monotone to thank the Monotone developers, current and former, wherever they are,
+for the software they created.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+GPG Signing
+{%- endtrans %}
+-----------
+
+{% trans -%}
+Checkins to the I2P Project repositories require you to configure GPG signing for
+your git commits, including Merge Requests and Pull Requests. Please configure
+your git client for GPG signing before you fork i2p.i2p and check anything in.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Official Repositories and Gitlab/Github Syncing
+{%- endtrans %}
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+{% trans -%}
+The official repository is the one hosted at https://i2pgit.org/i2p-hackers/i2p.i2p
+and at https://git.idk.i2p/i2p-hackers/i2p.i2p, but there is a "Mirror" available
+at Github at https://github.com/eyedeekay/i2p.i2p.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Now that we're on git, we can synchronize repositories from our own self-hosted Gitlab
+instance, to Github, and back again. This means that it is possible to create and submit
+a merge request on Gitlab and when it is merged, the result will be synced with Github,
+and a Pull Request on Github, when merged, will appear on Gitlab.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+This means that it's possible to submit code to us through our Gitlab instance or through
+Github depending on what you prefer, however, more of the I2P developers are regularly
+monitoring Gitlab than Github. MR's to Gitlab are more likely to be merged sooner
+than PR's to Github.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Thanks
+{%- endtrans %}
+------
+
+{% trans -%}
+Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped in the git migration, especially
+zzz, eche|on, nextloop, and our site mirror operators! While some of us will miss
+Monotone, it has become a barrier for new and existing participants in I2P development
+and we're excited to join the world of developers using Git to manage their distributed
+projects.
+{%- endtrans %}