The 3.x tree has been out for a while now. The -2.6 repository name
survived the initial release [1], but kernel.org now only lists
'linux.git' (for aegl as well as torvalds) [2].
[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/
1147422
On 2011-05-30 01:47:57 GMT, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> ... yes, that means that my git tree is still called
> "linux-2.6.git" on kernel.org.
[2]: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Clone from upstream:
+
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-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
-$ cd my2.6
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux.git my-linux
+$ cd my-linux
$ make
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-----------
Since 'git fast-import' cannot tag trees, you will not be
-able to export the linux-2.6.git repository completely, as it contains
+able to export the linux.git repository completely, as it contains
a tag referencing a tree instead of a commit.
GIT
$ git ls-files | git update-index --stdin
$ touch -r .datestamp .git/index
-This will make all index entries racily clean. The linux-2.6
-project, for example, there are over 20,000 files in the working
-tree. On my Athlon 64 X2 3800+, after the above:
+This will make all index entries racily clean. The linux project, for
+example, there are over 20,000 files in the working tree. On my
+Athlon 64 X2 3800+, after the above:
$ /usr/bin/time git diff-files
1.68user 0.54system 0:02.22elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
The initial clone may be time-consuming for a large project, but you
will only need to clone once.
-The clone command creates a new directory named after the project (`git`
-or `linux-2.6` in the examples above). After you cd into this
+The clone command creates a new directory named after the project
+(`git` or `linux` in the examples above). After you cd into this
directory, you will see that it contains a copy of the project files,
called the <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, together with a special
top-level directory named `.git`, which contains all the information
tree:
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git work
$ cd work
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
$ cat >> .git/config <<EOF
[remote "mytree"]
- url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git
+ url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux.git
push = release
push = test
EOF
GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO
Repositories to copy for the performance tests. The normal
repo should be at least git.git size. The large repo should
- probably be about linux-2.6.git size for optimal results.
+ probably be about linux.git size for optimal results.
Both default to the git.git you are running from.
You can also pass the options taken by ordinary git tests; the most