bug#8650: git update has been broken for a while

bug#8650: git update has been broken for a while

[Liam Stitt]

Hi.  I track the emacs sources using git, and a standard "git pull" to update
the local copy hasn't worked since sometime last month.  It just emits "Already
up-to-date." and exits, which seems unlikely and suggests breakage in the
bzr<->git gateway or some related system.

bug#8650: git update has been broken for a while

[Glenn Morris]

severity 8650 wishlist
tags 8650 notabug wontfix
stop

Liam Stitt wrote:

> Hi. I track the emacs sources using git, and a standard "git pull" to
> update the local copy hasn't worked since sometime last month. It just
> emits "Already up-to-date." and exits, which seems unlikely and
> suggests breakage in the bzr<->git gateway or some related system.

GNU Emacs is developed using GNU bzr. There seem to be a couple of git
mirrors maintained by individuals on a personal-effort basis. Even
though one is hosted on Savannah, it's still a read-only mirror, and not
the main repository. It may start being updating again, or it may not.
There is nothing that Emacs developers, in general, can (or should, IMO)
do about it.

I think there ought to be a note on http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/
saying that the git repository is an unofficial, read-only mirror
provided as a convenience for users, and that it may be out-of-date with
respect to the real repository by an arbitrary amount at any time.
To be sure of being up-to-date, use the bzr repository.

bug#8650: git update has been broken for a while

[Stefan Monnier]

> mirrors maintained by individuals on a personal-effort basis. Even
> though one is hosted on Savannah, it's still a read-only mirror, and not
> the main repository. It may start being updating again, or it may not.
> There is nothing that Emacs developers, in general, can (or should, IMO)
> do about it.

W.r.t the "should do", I do think we should both add a blurb like the
one you suggested below, and also try to find a way to keep the git
mirror uptodate (IIUC the main problem is that it's done by a single
individual.  If it can be automated and/or performed by several
individuals, that would be great).


        Stefan


> I think there ought to be a note on http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/
> saying that the git repository is an unofficial, read-only mirror
> provided as a convenience for users, and that it may be out-of-date with
> respect to the real repository by an arbitrary amount at any time.
> To be sure of being up-to-date, use the bzr repository.

bug#8650: git update has been broken for a while

[Glenn Morris]

jwiegley@gmail.com has undertaken to keep
http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=emacs updated.