[openib-general] convention for git directories on the new git OFA server

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Mon Oct 30 09:34:16 PST 2006


Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: convention for git directories on the new git OFA server
> 
>  > Yes, but:
>  > 
>  > Linus's tree is under
>  > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>  > E.g. stable tree is under
>  > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.18.y.gi
>  > 
>  > So I do see the analogy: development trees are under developer's name,
>  > stable trees are under stable/version. No?
> 
> No, that's just an artifact of how the stable kernel tree is
> maintained.  'stable' is really just a pseudo-user that exists so both
> Greg KH and Chris Wright can share the same trees.

OK, good idea. Same for OFED I guess - we can have e.g. ~ofed/ if
several people need to share the same ofed trees.

So it seems it is best to stick with ~user/ convention - this allows
creating trees without admin permission. Makes sense?

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MST




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