Re: gdb.git: author username-to-Full_Name+email map: RFC

[Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>]

Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> I'm preparing a read-only git mirror of gdb's CVS repository.
> It will be automatically sync'd every ~30 minutes, just as the other

It's sync'd once per hour, now.

...
> Here's the gitweb interface:
>   http://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gdb.git
>
> As it suggests at the top, you can get a copy via any
> of these URLs:
>
>   git://sources.redhat.com/git/gdb.git
>   ssh://sources.redhat.com/git/gdb.git
>   http://sources.redhat.com/git/gdb.git
>
> E.g., run this
>
>   git clone git://sources.redhat.com/git/gdb.git
>
> That downloads ~73MB to create a copy of the repository in gdb/.git,
> and puts all of the checked out files in gdb consuming a total of ~200MB.

It's more like 100MB for .git and 250MB for the whole thing.

> If there are enough changes to the Authors list, I may regenerate
> everything within the next couple weeks.

I've regenerated the repository using an updated mapping, so if you
have a cloned directory, don't bother trying to pull from it.
Instead, just remove it and clone again.

BTW, for read-only access, use the git:// URL,

    git clone git://sources.redhat.com/git/gdb.git

unless a firewall forces you to clone via the inferior http:// protocol.