Re: git copies of cvs modules available

[Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:39:47PM -0500, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, S.P.Zeidler <spz%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> > Thus wrote Curt Sampson (cjs%NetBSD.org@localhost):
> >
> >> > There is no need for a hack just use rsync to download git repo...
> >>
> >> Greg doesn't have an account on ftp.netbsd.org, and thus doesn't have
> >> rsync access to the git repo (unless we made it available but unlisted;
> >> it doesn't appear in the output of "rsync ftp.netbsd.org::").
> >
> > It's below the "NetBSD" rsync module, eg
> > ftp.NetBSD.org::NetBSD/misc/repositories/git/src
> >
> I just tested that solutions.... it seems that the repo is repacked
> from time to time, leading to change of filename, which must be
> re-downloaded. So that solution is not really good unless pack are not
> re-created every time.

I am not following what you mean here.  Yes "git gc" will run from time to
time on a checkout, but that won't alter any filenames.

-- Thomas Adam

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