git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: Question on GIT tutorial.

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Nov 17, 2005, 19:47 UTC
Message-ID
<7vlkznt5tc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To
<cda58cb80511140220n26da3edm@mail.gmail.com>
Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> writes:
Show 12 quoted lines
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about the GIT tutorial. At page 21, there is a
> description of "subsystem maintainer" work cycle, I don't understand
> why point 3 is needed. This point tells:
>
> """
> Copy over the packed files from "project lead" public repository to
> your public repository.
> """
>
> Why is it needed ?

That was a remnant from the days some transports did not understand objects/info/alternates; I think we do not need that step anymore.

Previous: FranckNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 2 of 3 in “Question on GIT tutorial.”
  1. FranckNov 14, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2005

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.