Re: git master not updating

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

On 01-10-2008 20:43, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 07:17:57PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
>> On 01-10-2008 17:48, Mike (mwester) wrote:
>>> Koen Kooi wrote:
>>>> On 01-10-2008 15:34, Nicola Mfb wrote:
>>>>> 2008/10/1 Kalev Lember<kalev@smartlink.ee>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well yes, but if you just do:
>>>>>> git clone git://git.openembedded.net/org.openembedded.dev
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you'll end up on master branch, which is not updating.
>>>>> Yes, the same here, i opened one of those bugs.
>>>>> I'm using a semiautomated makefile environment for fso/openmoko, this use
>>>>> git and not monotone, so this problem affects a lot of peoples, please
>>>>> fix!
>>>> That's what you get for using makefiles....
>>> How does a makefile affect the branches not being updated?
>> All org.openembedded.* branches are still being updated.
>
> So is the answer that the "master" branch in git it not planned on being
> used?  Or it will have some other use, documented over in ... ?  It
> sounds like the problem is that the policy on what to use in the git
> tree isn't published yet.  Or it is, and someone didn't read it.

The only supported way to use OE is via monotone, if you are using a 
makefile that's using something else you are SOL

>