Hi Eric, On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Eric Wong wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > And: if I want to track the latest mails in GitGitGadget, what indication > > will I have that I'll need to switch to `.../1`? > > You can use the gzipped JSON grokmirror manifest at: > https://lore.kernel.org/git/manifest.js.gz > > grokmirror could be a bit of a pain to install because of Python > dependencies, so periodically attempting to clone the next > numbered epoch ought to be fine, too. > > I've also considered adding epoch info into > https://lore.kernel.org/git/_/text/config/raw > so shell scripters w/o JSON parsers can use "git config" I just had a look at its contents: -- snip -- ; example public-inbox config snippet for "git" ; see public-inbox-config(5) manpage for more details: ; https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox-config.html [publicinbox "git"] inboxdir = /path/to/top-level-inbox ; note: public-inbox before v1.2.0 used "mainrepo" ; instead of "inboxdir", both remain supported after 1.2 mainrepo = /path/to/top-level-inbox address = git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx listid = git.vger.kernel.org filter = PublicInbox::Filter::Mirror newsgroup = org.kernel.vger.git nntpmirror = nntp://nntp.lore.kernel.org/org.kernel.vger.git -- snap -- Isn't `inboxdir` and `mainrepo` incorrect? And yes, adding `epoch` information there would be very welcome. Thanks, Dscho
