Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 11:58:34 +0300 From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: got(1) in base consideration Message-ID: <aBh9uuaPy8Vd9V38@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <9f48a955-5f8a-450c-94c1-2a7d9d69ecb9@FreeBSD.org> References: <9f48a955-5f8a-450c-94c1-2a7d9d69ecb9@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, May 04, 2025 at 08:50:46PM -0500, Kyle Evans wrote: > Hi, > > I've been toying around with the idea of pulling got(1) into base, but > hidden off into /usr/libexec and not supporting it for general usage. The > idea would instead be to provide a script or two as a user-facing interface > to do the bare minimum to functionally maintain a local copy of our git > repos. > > However, I've run into some logistics issues that I wanted to throw out for > some opinions. The main issue I've run into is that while got's repository > layout is binary-compatible with git, it won't setup worktrees the same way. > Additionally, it really doesn't like the traditional organization of a git > clone, where you'd have your .git directory inside of your primary worktree > (e.g., /usr/src and /usr/src/.git). > > I don't think this is really a deal-breaker, my proposal to start with would > be that we clone the repositories off into /var/db/got/$repo or some such > and setup the worktrees in the traditional place. git can `worktree add` > from these repos successfully, so one could setup a git-compatible worktree > at least without having to re-clone the entire repository, but that brings > me to the second caveat noted in the paragraph above: the worktree format > isn't compatible. > > We could write a script that'll bridge the gap, but AFAICT that means that > we'd effectively have to just blow away the existing got worktree at > /usr/src and recreate it, with sensible guardrails in place to try and avoid > losing any uncommitted work. That's sort of ugly and I don't really know > how to feel about it, thus this e-mail. > > Thoughts? What is the intended audience of the setup? Who would not install normal git port but still want /usr/src populated? For what purpose?
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