Re: Git Download/Bootstrap Suggestion

[Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com> wrote:
> So he can compile git from a git repo, and not have to download it
> (again) after compiling from a work tree.  Saving a step, and
> re-compiling a bunch of files when he upgrades.
>

I'm a bit unclear why you would compile/install the second time - if
it's the latest tag, it should be the same as you got from the archive
on the website, the second step should just be re-installing the exact
same Git.  Why not just build it from source the first time and then
pull down the full source for the subsequent times - you're losing
seconds total in the process.  Unless you're doing this all the time,
in which case it seems like it makes more sense to just keep one repo,
build a package of some sort (rpm, deb, etc) and distribute that to
all the computers you're using.

I mean, if you really, really want it then you can :

a) clone the website source : git://github.com/schacon/gitscm
b) write the script that would do it on each release (scripts/ dir)
c) test it
d) write some code that would dynamically link that in the downloads
page at the bottom

If that works then I'll probably pull it in for you.

Scott

> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 09:15, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Heya,
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 17:09, Michael J Gruber
>> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>> No, I think he meant repo, not work tree.
>>
>> Why would he need the repo to bootstrap?
>>
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>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sverre Rabbelier
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