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Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 13, 2009, 07:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20090113071623.GB12631@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<200901130310.26727.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:10:26AM +0100, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
> Vim's SVN repository doesn't offer the latest runtime files, since
> normally they are only updated there on a release. Though currently
> there is no difference between the SVN and HTTP/FTP version of the git
> syntax files.

So their version control _doesn't_ have the latest version, but it is available on the website? It's not that I don't believe you, but I don't think I want to know the version control workflow that leads to that.

> -  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitsendemail.vim
> +  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/git.vim

Certainly they are nicer looking URLs, and I had just assumed the originals would be recent-ish version. So:

Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
-Peff
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  1. contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax filesMarkus Heidelberg, Jan 13, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 13, 2009
  3. Teemu LikonenJan 13, 2009
  4. Jeff KingJan 13, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2009

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