Re: Confusion about new format of ELPA repo

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> larsi@xo:~/src/emacs/elpa$ git checkout externals/ack
>> Branch 'externals/ack' set up to track remote branch 'externals/ack'
>> from 'origin'.
>> Switched to a new branch 'externals/ack'
>> larsi@xo:~/src/emacs/elpa$ ls
>> ack.el  csv-mode.elc  packages  pcmpl-ack.el  README.rst
>>
>> If you have an ELPA checkout from before the structure was changed, it's
>> perhaps best to do a fresh checkout now to get rid of a bunch of
>> artefacts from the old layout.
>
> Heh, I should have followed my own advice.  This is what's it's supposed
> to look like:
>
> larsi@xo:~/src/emacs/elpa$ git checkout externals/ack
> Branch 'externals/ack' set up to track remote branch 'externals/ack' from 'origin'.
> Switched to a new branch 'externals/ack'
> larsi@xo:~/src/emacs/elpa$ ls
> ack.el  pcmpl-ack.el  README.rst

Aha, got it. I'm running a "git fetch" that looks like it's going to
take a while, so I'll see what the new landscape looks like after lunch.
Thanks for the explanation.