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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:34:36
Message-Id: robbat2-20120601T163252-365612100Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage Git migration - clean cut or git-cvsserver by William Hubbs
1 On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:45:48AM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
2 > Overlays are completely separate repositories. There is nothing stopping
3 > an overlay from using git right now even if the main tree isn't using
4 > git. They just work in their git repositories until they are ready to
5 > commit something to the main tree, then they move the changes to the
6 > main tree.
7 What about overlay repositories that elect to be a branch of the main
8 tree via git?
9
10 Do we call that forbidden usage?
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13 Robin Hugh Johnson
14 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
15 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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