Hi Eric, On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Eric Wong wrote: > 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. I must have misinterpreted the purpose of this URL, then. I thought that was the configuration of _this_ instance, and that I could use the path indicated by `mainrepo` to replace the `/_/text/config/raw` part of the URL to get to the repo URL. Is this just a template file, then? > > 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... I have no idea what purpose they serve, so I have no opinion on this question. Thanks, Dscho
