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Creating new repositories
Git repository creation
When creating new repositories we follow the convention of deriving the repository name from the Maven artifactId. The full logic can be found in the migrate-to-git.sh script, but the gist is:
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Creating a new repository is done using the web UI at https://gitbox.apache.org/ . Please use the module name from the pom file as the repository name.
Boilerplate files
Ensure that at a minimum the repository contains the following files:
- README.md - brief description of the module
- LICENSE - the standard Apache-2.0 license file
- .gitignore
Enroll in Kibble
Add the repository as a source in the Apache Kibble demo instance to make sure development statistics are collected from it.
Creating links to Git commits
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