From: David Bremner Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:01:25 +0000 (+2100) Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document the recent 'nmbug clone' and @{upstream} changes X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe9524b04095552925627a7419382c17a6014237;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document the recent 'nmbug clone' and @{upstream} changes --- diff --git a/dc/9efa1ed3813680db2a9ca1d350b4ec45834790 b/dc/9efa1ed3813680db2a9ca1d350b4ec45834790 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0e5418762 --- /dev/null +++ b/dc/9efa1ed3813680db2a9ca1d350b4ec45834790 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B05A431FBD + for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 18:01:37 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id MYKHSAScN8Ix for ; + Wed, 9 Apr 2014 18:01:33 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03B8B431FBC + for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2014 18:01:32 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1WY3Mv-0004Y0-Hs; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:01:29 -0300 +Received: (nullmailer pid 4336 invoked by uid 1000); Thu, 10 Apr 2014 + 01:01:25 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: "W. Trevor King" +Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document the recent 'nmbug clone' and @{upstream} + changes +In-Reply-To: <20140409210108.GB21805@odin.tremily.us> +References: <878urg849d.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <151b4a1b9612daa53fb47b60f0aa65f7a8e5ef5e.1396972599.git.wking@tremily.us> + <871tx67nnx.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <20140409210108.GB21805@odin.tremily.us> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+164~g31fc76b (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:01:25 -0300 +Message-ID: <87sipm576i.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +Cc: notmuch +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:01:37 -0000 + +"W. Trevor King" writes: + +> We need non-bare repositories to have remote-tracking branches +> (distinct from local branches) [3], and we need remote-tracking +> branches to have working @{upstream}. + +OK, I see what you mean, the repository has "bare = false". On the other +hand we immediately blow away the work tree, and after the initial clone +it seems to work fine to set bare = true. It might even make sense to +apply + + +diff --git a/devel/nmbug/nmbug b/devel/nmbug/nmbug +index d6f5213..b18ded7 100755 +--- a/devel/nmbug/nmbug ++++ b/devel/nmbug/nmbug +@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ sub do_clone { + $repository, $tempwork) == 0 + or die "'git clone' exited with nonzero value\n"; + git ('config', '--unset', 'core.worktree'); ++ git ('config', 'core.bare', 'true'); + } + + +> I think that's reasonable support for my claim (and most of it is in +> the original c200167 commit message), but maybe not? + +In any case, I think I think it's mainly a technicality, and that we +want to keep the level of detail in the release notes down a bit. If +you don't like the above mini-patch, then maybe a NOTES section in the +nmbug docs. + +>> Is the "remote repository" in step 1 meant to be the central repo? or +>> just a backup? +> +> The backup. If you have nothing to backup, you already got everything +> back after cloning the central repo. + +It might be less confusing to explicitly use the word "backup" in step 1 then.