Re: StGit repo & gitweb, was Re: [PATCH] merge-recursive: add/add really is modify/modify with an empty base

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> On 13/12/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > 
> > > Although I would feel very happy about this change, Catalin
> > > might want to be informed about potential interaction this
> > > change might have with his commit 8d41555 in StGIT.
> > 
> > Indeed. Catalin, do you have any suggestion how to proceed? Do you want to
> > introduce a check if the file exists prior to re-generating it? Or do you
> > need some version check?
> 
> It currently checks whether the file exists and, if it doesn't, it is
> re-generated. I think the patch is good idea.

Thanks.

> > BTW why is StGit not on kernel.org?
> 
> Why would it be? Unless you know who to talk to for this :-), it's not 
> really a derivative of the Linux kernel.

There is plenty of stuff on kernel.org which is only related to the Linux 
kernel. And StGit (even if I did not try it yet), seems to be very 
valuable for working on the kernel.

> > Not that it matters: repo.or.cz has a nice mirror. Pasky, how powerful is
> > that machine? I am a happy user of the gitweb interface on that box...
> 
> Hopefully, when I get a bit of time, I'll try to give up the
> http-hosted repository and use Pasky's one exclusively.
> 
> BTW, how can I notify people that only pull from the http repository 
> that it will no longer be updated (rather than them thinking the 
> development stopped)? One solution would be to create a file with a 
> meaningful name in the top dir and hope people will notice it.

IMHO removing it altogether would be a good idea. The website should carry 
the news of the new repository site.

Ciao,
Dscho