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[PATCH 1/2] Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git'

From
W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date
Jun 19, 2013, 01:55 UTC
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From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us>

The 3.x tree has been out for a while now. The -2.6 repository name survived the initial release [1], but kernel.org now only lists 'linux.git' (for aegl as well as torvalds) [2].

[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1147422
  On 2011-05-30 01:47:57 GMT, Linus Torvalds wrote:
  > ... yes, that means that my git tree is still called
  > "linux-2.6.git" on kernel.org.
[2]: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt       | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-fast-export.txt | 2 +-
 Documentation/user-manual.txt     | 6 +++---
 t/perf/README                     | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index a0727d7..8e5260f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ $ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
 * Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus:
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
+$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux.git \
     /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index efb0380..85f1f30 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 Since 'git fast-import' cannot tag trees, you will not be
-able to export the linux-2.6.git repository completely, as it contains
+able to export the linux.git repository completely, as it contains
 a tag referencing a tree instead of a commit.
 
 GIT
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index e831cc2..cd9941a 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ project in mind, here are some interesting examples:
 	# Git itself (approx. 10MB download):
 $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
 	# the Linux kernel (approx. 150MB download):
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 The initial clone may be time-consuming for a large project, but you
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ To set this up, first create your work tree by cloning Linus's public
 tree:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git work
 $ cd work
 -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ make it easy to push both branches to your public tree.  (See
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ cat >> .git/config <<EOF
 [remote "mytree"]
-	url =  master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git
+	url =  master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux.git
 	push = release
 	push = test
 EOF
diff --git a/t/perf/README b/t/perf/README
index c552f56..8848c14 100644
--- a/t/perf/README
+++ b/t/perf/README
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ You can set the following variables (also in your config.mak):
     GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO
 	Repositories to copy for the performance tests.  The normal
 	repo should be at least git.git size.  The large repo should
-	probably be about linux-2.6.git size for optimal results.
+	probably be about linux.git size for optimal results.
 	Both default to the git.git you are running from.
 
 You can also pass the options taken by ordinary git tests; the most
-- 
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  1. 0/2 Update linux-2.6.git location and repo sizeW. Trevor King, Jun 19, 2013
  2. 1/2 Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git'W. Trevor King, Jun 19, 2013
  3. David AguilarJun 19, 2013
  4. W. Trevor KingJun 19, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2013
  6. W. Trevor KingJun 19, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2013
  8. 0/4 Update linux-2.6.git location and related examplesW. Trevor King, Jun 22, 2013
  9. 1/4 doc/clone: Remove the '--bare -l -s' exampleW. Trevor King, Jun 22, 2013
  10. 2/4 doc/clone: Pick more compelling paths for the --reference exampleW. Trevor King, Jun 22, 2013
  11. 3/4 Documentation: Update the NFS remote examples to use the staging repoW. Trevor King, Jun 22, 2013
  12. 4/4 Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git'W. Trevor King, Jun 22, 2013
  13. W. Trevor KingJun 30, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2013
  15. W. Trevor KingJun 30, 2013
  16. 2/2 user-manual: Update download size for Git and the kernelW. Trevor King, Jun 19, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2013
  18. W. Trevor KingJun 22, 2013

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