From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:53:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Updated git HOWTO for kernel hackers
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0506221850030.11175@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <42B9FF3A.4010700@pobox.com>



On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> git-clone-script would indeed be nice, even if its only a 2-line script.

Ok, added. You can update your tutorial to make the initial setup of a 
kernel archive slightly less scary, ie it's now

	git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6
	cd linux-2.6
	git checkout

which looks almost user-friendly.

(Of course, since the rsync protocol doesn't know anything about git
consistency, if the mirroring is half-way, you'll end up with something
less than wonderful, and confusing. Details, details)

		Linus