From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael J Gruber Subject: Re: Recommended steps for a "subsystem maintainer" ? Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:58:42 +0100 Message-ID: <492534D2.7000709@drmicha.warpmail.net> References: <643392.36561.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: garyyang6@yahoo.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 20 11:00:03 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L36KQ-0002Mn-QC for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:03 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753033AbYKTJ6r (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752897AbYKTJ6r (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:47 -0500 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:41116 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751788AbYKTJ6q (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:46 -0500 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2701C4E9F; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:45 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: QClEh3yIznmo0XY5Yfc6+SuckKQF6iOdX5p9IeIWkV9r 1227175125 Received: from [139.174.44.12] (whitehead.math.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.44.12]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB3101790F; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:44 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080914) In-Reply-To: <643392.36561.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Gary Yang venit, vidit, dixit 19.11.2008 21:47: > Hi, > > The > doc,http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitcore-tutorial.html > at "Working with Others" recommended steps for a "subsystem > maintainer". See below. But, I do not understand the step 3. Copy > over the packed files from "project lead" public repository to your > public repository. The step 1 used git-clone. That means, I got the > code including histories as well. Why do I need step 3 to get the > packed files? Step 1 sets up your private development repo. Step 3 talks about your public repo. It's recommended you get the original packs because differently abled protocols like http cannot repack on the fly. That is, if people pull via http from upstream and your public repo they might have to download two different packs for (almost) the same objects. > If I really need the packed files, how do I get it? As > an example, I need to get the packed files for > http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=summary . How can I get the files > something like, pack-d5ef1966072c86ef5108ac57525b802581de5d21.idx and > pack-d5ef1966072c86ef5108ac57525b802581de5d21.pack ? The snapshot > dose not have the packed files. They are all text files. Snapshots are about files, i.e. contents. They've got nothing to do with packs. May I suggest reading of both parts of the git tutotorial, as well as the user manual, in order to clarify some concepts? This would be an ideal first step before thinking about becoming a subsystem maintainer. You can get the original upstream packs by copying them (if you have shell access) or simply by cloning via http. Store them in .git/objects/pack of your public repo before you push anything into it, and don't run "repack -adf" there (repack is OK). Michael