Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > 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? How so? It's fine to have both in case users need to downgrade to older versions of public-inbox. > And yes, adding `epoch` information there would be very welcome. Noted. Not sure if the "modified" and "fingerprint" keys of manifest would make sense there, too...
