[PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[Markus Heidelberg]

Vim's SVN repository doesn't offer the latest runtime files, since
normally they are only updated there on a release. Though currently
there is no difference between the SVN and HTTP/FTP version of the git
syntax files.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
---
 contrib/vim/README |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/vim/README b/contrib/vim/README
index c487346..fca1e17 100644
--- a/contrib/vim/README
+++ b/contrib/vim/README
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ automatically.
 If you have an older version of vim, you can get the latest syntax
 files from the vim project:
 
-  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/git.vim
-  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitcommit.vim
-  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitconfig.vim
-  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitrebase.vim
-  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitsendemail.vim
+  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/git.vim
+  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitcommit.vim
+  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitconfig.vim
+  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitrebase.vim
+  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitsendemail.vim
+
+These files are also available via FTP at the same location.
 
 To install:
 
-- 
1.6.1.35.g0c23

Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[Jeff King]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:10:26AM +0100, Markus Heidelberg wrote:

> Vim's SVN repository doesn't offer the latest runtime files, since
> normally they are only updated there on a release. Though currently
> there is no difference between the SVN and HTTP/FTP version of the git
> syntax files.

So their version control _doesn't_ have the latest version, but it is
available on the website? It's not that I don't believe you, but I don't
think I want to know the version control workflow that leads to that.

> -  http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/trunk/runtime/syntax/gitsendemail.vim
> +  http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/git.vim

Certainly they are nicer looking URLs, and I had just assumed the
originals would be recent-ish version. So:

Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

-Peff

Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[Teemu Likonen]

Jeff King (2009-01-13 02:16 -0500) wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:10:26AM +0100, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
>
>> Vim's SVN repository doesn't offer the latest runtime files, since
>> normally they are only updated there on a release. Though currently
>> there is no difference between the SVN and HTTP/FTP version of the
>> git syntax files.
>
> So their version control _doesn't_ have the latest version, but it is
> available on the website? It's not that I don't believe you, but I
> don't think I want to know the version control workflow that leads to
> that.

Vim is essentially just a one-man project and the maintainer doesn't use
version control system. He just piles "diff -c" -type patches on top of
the previous release and sends them to vim-dev mailing list and to some
FTP site. Then other people try to maintain VCS repositories based on
the patches and resources that are available.

Vim's bus factor: 1

Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[Jeff King]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:54:50AM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote:

> Vim is essentially just a one-man project and the maintainer doesn't use
> version control system. He just piles "diff -c" -type patches on top of
> the previous release and sends them to vim-dev mailing list and to some
> FTP site. Then other people try to maintain VCS repositories based on
> the patches and resources that are available.
> 
> Vim's bus factor: 1

Ah. He should use git. ;)

Thanks for the explanation.

-Peff

Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

[Junio C Hamano]

Thanks, both.