From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] <pkg>-rsync: exclude version control files
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:41:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d2uy3zz1.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f9ac20b69b1bfd3f77ef.1362169598@BEANTN0L019720> (Thomas De Schampheleire's message of "Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:26:38 +0100")
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com> writes:
Thomas> When using rsync to import package sources (typically with
Thomas> PKG_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR), it often happens that these external sources
Thomas> are under version control, and contain directories like .git,
Thomas> .hg, etc.
Thomas> Depending on the project, these directories can become pretty large
Thomas> and typically have a lot of files. Moreover, they are not necessary
Thomas> in the context of building the package. Therefore, this commit adds
Thomas> the --cvs-exclude option to the rsync call, saving both disk space
Thomas> and sync time.
It seems the agreement is that people don't mind the missing
.git/.svn/.. files, so committed - Thanks.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-17 13:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-01 20:26 [Buildroot] [PATCH] <pkg>-rsync: exclude version control files Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-03-04 20:04 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-03-04 20:15 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-03-06 17:47 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-03-10 22:45 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-03-11 17:51 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-03-17 13:41 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
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