[Users] kranc checkout, GetComponents and GitHub repository

[Bruno Coutinho Mundim]

Frank Loeffler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:58:26PM -0400, Bruno Coutinho Mundim wrote:
>> The git version currently maintained by CentOS 5 (the distro I use)
>> is 1.5.5.6.
> 
> Wow, and I thought Debian is old.
> 
>> I am not sure yet if it is worth the hassle of installing and
>> maintaining a newer version different from the distro one.
> 
> The following two commands should install a newer git on CentOS5,
> according to http://www.webtatic.com/blog/2009/09/git-on-centos-5/:
> 
>   rpm -ivh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/`uname \
>     -i`/webtatic-release-5-0.noarch.rpm
> 
>   yum install --enablerepo=webtatic git-all
> 
Thanks!

>> Also, what if
>> I really want to look at the long history of the project development?
> 
> In that case you can still clone it without --depth 1, by hand though.
> 
but I wouldn't be using GetComponents (that I think it is quite a good 
script and its use should be fostered in general)

>> What about adding an option to GetComponents to let the user choose the
>> depth value (or avoid using it at all)? depth 1 could still be left as
>> a default though.
> 
> --depth 1 is only used for anonymous clones, so that most developers do
> get a full clone. I don't think there would be a problem with adding
> that option to GetComponents though.
> 
That would be great.

> Disregarding all that: please try using git:// and not http:// for the
> Kranc clone (but with --depth 1). If I am not mistaken that problem
> might go away with git as protocol. If so, we should probably change that
> in the ET thornlist.
> 
Yes, the problem goes away...


Cheers... Bruno.