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[PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git'

From
W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date
Jun 22, 2013, 14:46 UTC
Message-ID
<ce90543ed8c24f0968aafd9fb457bce409acd50c.1371911897.git.wking@tremily.us>
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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          | 4 ++--
 Documentation/git-fast-export.txt    | 2 +-
 Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt | 6 +++---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt        | 8 ++++----
 t/perf/README                        | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index bf05ada..98b139c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ Examples
 * Clone from upstream:
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
-$ cd my2.6
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux.git my-linux
+$ cd my-linux
 $ make
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index d6487e1..0314da3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ 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/technical/racy-git.txt b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt
index 6dc82ca..f716d6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ them, and give the same timestamp to the index file:
   $ git ls-files | git update-index --stdin
   $ touch -r .datestamp .git/index
 
-This will make all index entries racily clean.  The linux-2.6
-project, for example, there are over 20,000 files in the working
-tree.  On my Athlon 64 X2 3800+, after the above:
+This will make all index entries racily clean.  The linux project, for
+example, there are over 20,000 files in the working tree.  On my
+Athlon 64 X2 3800+, after the above:
 
   $ /usr/bin/time git diff-files
   1.68user 0.54system 0:02.22elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 4283d8f..a13de93 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 The initial clone may be time-consuming for a large project, but you
 will only need to clone once.
 
-The clone command creates a new directory named after the project (`git`
-or `linux-2.6` in the examples above).  After you cd into this
+The clone command creates a new directory named after the project
+(`git` or `linux` in the examples above).  After you cd into this
 directory, you will see that it contains a copy of the project files,
 called the <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, together with a special
 top-level directory named `.git`, which contains all the information
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ 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
 -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ 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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