Re: [PATCH] gitweb: support the rel=vcs microformat

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 10, 2009, 00:01 UTC
Message-ID: <m3k594111k.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20090107184113.GA31795@gnu.kitenet.net>

Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> > Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

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> > > Thanks for the feedback. There are some changes happening to the
> > > microformat that should make gitweb's job slightly easier, I'll respin
> > > the patch soon.
> > 
> > Let me know about this too, I very much like the idea of this microformat.
> 
> FYI, I've updated the microformat's page with the changes. The
> significant one for gitweb is that it can now be applied to <a> links.
> So on the project page, the display of the git URL could be converted to
> a link using the microformat, and there's no need to get the info
> earlier to put it in the header. Unfortunatly, the same can't be done to
> the project list page, unless it's changed to have "git" links as seen
> on vger.kernel.org's gitweb.

I'm not sure if making repository URLs to be hyperlinks is a good idea. You cannot (should not) click on those in ordinary web browser; they are to be used by git (that is also additional reason why I am not so sure about 'git' link on projects_list page idea).

Besides LINK elements in page HEAD are meant mainly for machine; I think it might be more important to add them for machine there, even if they are as A elements (links) or just plain text URLs somewhere else. For example we have LINK elements with alternate versions, among others OPML for projectless pages, and RSS/Atom for project pages, aven though those links are also in page body.

So I'd rather have them LINKs...

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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