Re: Git for Windows no longer on Google Code
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- Robert Dailey <rcdailey@gmail.com>
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- Jul 7, 2014, 22:03 UTC
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Have you tried contacting Google? They will usually help with search results when it comes to popular links.
On Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:11:41 AM UTC-5, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > Dear friends of Git, > > the Git for Windows team, myself included, tried quite a couple of times > to mark the old home of Git for Windows on Google Code as obsolete. > > Unfortunately, it is not possible to disable issue trackers nor downloads > (and Google Search helpfully insists on listing them as top hits, still). > > It is not even possible to forward to a new project home: we tried > literally twenty times to hit the "Project moved" button with the new URL > -- http://msysgit.github.io/ -- but all it did was reset the URL to > "http://" and give a "500. That's an error." when browsing the old URL. > > The link supposedly allowing to report the error leads to a read-only > knowledge base with no way to inform any responsible developer of the bug. > > The only way was to delete the old project home, with no automatic > redirection and no hint for users where to look instead. > > Therefore it is with great sadness that I have to resort to sending this > mail and hoping that it reaches at least a part of the people who are from > now on undoubtedly surprised to see a "Google. One account. All of > Google." page instead of being forwarded to http://msysgit.github.io/. > > I am seriously sorry about the inconvenience, wishing there was anything > I could do about this, > Johannes >
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