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21 Work with a handful of developers who want to regularly use Got for their
22 work on OpenBSD. Improve version control operation based on their feedback.
24 <h3>Project guidelines</h3>
27 Follow <a href="https://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</a>'s security practices
30 <li>Use a development process based on code review in email.
32 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge">pledge(2)</a> and
33 <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil">unveil(2)</a> across the code base.
34 <li>Use privilege-separation when parsing repository data from network or disk.
37 Keep the entire code base BSD-licenced.
41 <h3>Long-term goals</h3>
44 Remain on-disk compatible with bare
45 <a href="https://git-scm.com">Git</a> repositories.
47 <li>Don't insist on Git-compatibility beyond this requirement.
49 <li>Provide a complete version control tool suite for OpenBSD.
51 <li>Intuitive command line interface for required version control operations
52 (<a href="got.1.html">got</a>).
53 <li>Interactive repository browser for history analysis and review of
54 committed changes (<a href="tog.1.html">tog</a>).
55 <li>CGI repository browser for web servers (<a href="gotweb.8.html">gotweb</a>).
56 <li>Repository administration tooling with a strong focus on backup and recovery.
57 <li>Repository server for hosting a central repository and synchronizing
58 changes to a cascade of public and private mirrors.
61 Consider workflow requirements of OpenBSD developers.
63 <li>Strong built-in support for a centralized repository model
64 (<a href="notes-pull-push">ideas about pull/push</a>).
65 <li>Keep things easy for developers who don't need branches.
66 <li>Support local branches for developers who need them.
67 <li>Support "-stable" release branches.
68 <li>Support features required by the OpenBSD project's build infrastructure.
70 <li>Implement authenticated and encrypted network communications.
72 <li>Provide <a href="https://openssh.com">SSH</a> and optional
73 <a href="https://libressl.org">TLS</a> support for cloning repositories
75 <li>Exclusively rely on SSH for pushing changes.
76 <li>Do not implement server-side support for plaintext network communications.