Gentoo Archives: gentoo-scm

From: Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com>
To: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-scm@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-scm] Splitting gentoo-x86 repository for easier consumption
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:46:43
Message-Id: 81bfc67a0904120046l442aab71t5e063213576b06eb@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-scm] Splitting gentoo-x86 repository for easier consumption by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
2 > Generating the Manifest entries for non-DIST bits is trivial, and with
3 > Git, requires zero actual hashing, just extract the data from the Git
4 > index as I say. It's the DIST ones that this is not possible for.
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6 I was unaware that the additional hashes (non sha1) were being dropped.
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8 actually, I wasn't referring so much to as not having them around,
9 they'd be stored on the system obviously... as to the point of why
10 they are in the git repo, although perhaps I'm not thinking clearly,
11 wouldn't be the first time. I suppose then the point is as you say to
12 have the dev generate dist before pushing it. which is an aspect I
13 hadn't thought of before suggesting dropping them.
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16 Caleb Cushing
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18 http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com