[OT] github (?) question
Hi, this is an OT question, but since Rich encouraged git gurus here on the ml to on help non gurus, then I ask :-) By just surfing on github website, I find a cloned repository of clojure-contrib, e.g. clone done by user XXX. From the main page of this repo, I can see who else cloned XXX's repo, who else watches XXX's repo. But what I would like to do is see whether XXX's repo is a clone of another repo, and go up the chain to the real master repo. Is this possible from the UI of github, or do I have to clone XXX's repo, invoke some git command on my clone, ... and repeat the operation at each node of the cloning graph ? Thanks in advance, (Of course, for clojure-contrib I guess that Rich's repo is the master, but still it's rather a guess than an evidence provided by the tools to me). -- Laurent --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
Yes Rich Hickey's git repository for clojure and clojure-contrib are the main development repositorys. http://github.com/richhickey/clojure/tree/master http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-contrib/tree/master The reason why git has no big flashing sign pointing to his repositorys is because git is a *distributed* version control system. In git's eyes every repository of clojure is just as good as every other repository, git would be perfectly happy to pull push and branch and merge from anyone's repository, so If you want to know which is the main development branch then you need to either find the link on the clojure.org website or else make an educated guess. Best regards, Alex On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Laurent PETIT laurent.pe...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, this is an OT question, but since Rich encouraged git gurus here on the ml to on help non gurus, then I ask :-) By just surfing on github website, I find a cloned repository of clojure-contrib, e.g. clone done by user XXX. From the main page of this repo, I can see who else cloned XXX's repo, who else watches XXX's repo. But what I would like to do is see whether XXX's repo is a clone of another repo, and go up the chain to the real master repo. Is this possible from the UI of github, or do I have to clone XXX's repo, invoke some git command on my clone, ... and repeat the operation at each node of the cloning graph ? Thanks in advance, (Of course, for clojure-contrib I guess that Rich's repo is the master, but still it's rather a guess than an evidence provided by the tools to me). -- Laurent --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
On the Source tab, the fork of link tells you - that is, Rich's don't have that line, so it is the root. On the Network Members tab, it shows a tree of the forks, with Rich at the root. You can browse all of the data in a repository through the website, so you shouldn't have to clone. And you only need to Fork (a github concept, not git), if you want to push something different to your own public clone. Ultimately, what matters to GIT is the sha1 commit keys, which tell you a commit/tree is identical to another or not. I don't think you can tell about clones other than by looking at the sha1s or the Fork graphs that github draws. The forks graph only tells you about the clones that github knows about. And as Alex says, being the root doesn't really mean master, authoritative, or best. -Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
Hello, OK, I thought that the graph of cloned repositories was oriented, but it seems I was wrong :) Still, I don't see the fork of link, so maybe the person that created its clone did not do it via the fork functionality of github, but rather did it from its [desk/lap]top, and pushed his repo on his personal space at github ? More specifically, I'm talking about http://github.com/kevinoneill/clojure-contrib/tree/master , where I don't see any fork of link. Can you explain that to me ? Regards, -- Laurent 2009/6/26 Mike Hinchey hinche...@gmail.com On the Source tab, the fork of link tells you - that is, Rich's don't have that line, so it is the root. On the Network Members tab, it shows a tree of the forks, with Rich at the root. You can browse all of the data in a repository through the website, so you shouldn't have to clone. And you only need to Fork (a github concept, not git), if you want to push something different to your own public clone. Ultimately, what matters to GIT is the sha1 commit keys, which tell you a commit/tree is identical to another or not. I don't think you can tell about clones other than by looking at the sha1s or the Fork graphs that github draws. The forks graph only tells you about the clones that github knows about. And as Alex says, being the root doesn't really mean master, authoritative, or best. -Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
Hi Laurent, kevinoneill repos were mirrors of google-code's SVN. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Laurent PETIT laurent.pe...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, OK, I thought that the graph of cloned repositories was oriented, but it seems I was wrong :) Still, I don't see the fork of link, so maybe the person that created its clone did not do it via the fork functionality of github, but rather did it from its [desk/lap]top, and pushed his repo on his personal space at github ? More specifically, I'm talking about http://github.com/kevinoneill/clojure-contrib/tree/master , where I don't see any fork of link. Can you explain that to me ? Regards, -- Laurent 2009/6/26 Mike Hinchey hinche...@gmail.com On the Source tab, the fork of link tells you - that is, Rich's don't have that line, so it is the root. On the Network Members tab, it shows a tree of the forks, with Rich at the root. You can browse all of the data in a repository through the website, so you shouldn't have to clone. And you only need to Fork (a github concept, not git), if you want to push something different to your own public clone. Ultimately, what matters to GIT is the sha1 commit keys, which tell you a commit/tree is identical to another or not. I don't think you can tell about clones other than by looking at the sha1s or the Fork graphs that github draws. The forks graph only tells you about the clones that github knows about. And as Alex says, being the root doesn't really mean master, authoritative, or best. -Mike -- Professional: http://cgrand.net/ (fr) On Clojure: http://clj-me.blogspot.com/ (en) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:47:02AM +0200, Laurent PETIT wrote: Hello, OK, I thought that the graph of cloned repositories was oriented, but it seems I was wrong :) Still, I don't see the fork of link, so maybe the person that created its clone did not do it via the fork functionality of github, but rather did it from its [desk/lap]top, and pushed his repo on his personal space at github ? More specifically, I'm talking about http://github.com/kevinoneill/clojure-contrib/tree/master , where I don't see any fork of link. Can you explain that to me ? To understand that, you need to know how github fork of works. I have no idea either, but here is my guess: Github decides which repo forked of by section '[remote origin]' in file .git/config. Generally, if you git clone git://git-repo, the origin is recorded into this section. However, not all repos have the section. For example: $ mkdir repo_a $ git init $ cd ../repo_b $ git push ../repo_a master In this case, repo_a/.git/config has no '[remote origin]' section. Without this section, github has no idea where this repo forked of, and consequently, the fork of link is not shown. Regards, -- Laurent 2009/6/26 Mike Hinchey hinche...@gmail.com On the Source tab, the fork of link tells you - that is, Rich's don't have that line, so it is the root. On the Network Members tab, it shows a tree of the forks, with Rich at the root. You can browse all of the data in a repository through the website, so you shouldn't have to clone. And you only need to Fork (a github concept, not git), if you want to push something different to your own public clone. Ultimately, what matters to GIT is the sha1 commit keys, which tell you a commit/tree is identical to another or not. I don't think you can tell about clones other than by looking at the sha1s or the Fork graphs that github draws. The forks graph only tells you about the clones that github knows about. And as Alex says, being the root doesn't really mean master, authoritative, or best. -Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
Near the name of the repository it should say what repo it was forked from, if any. You can just follow the chain up. The Network diagram is also useful when trying to discover the canonical repo -- or the most up-to-date one. Cheers, Bruce On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Laurent PETIT laurent.pe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, this is an OT question, but since Rich encouraged git gurus here on the ml to on help non gurus, then I ask :-) By just surfing on github website, I find a cloned repository of clojure-contrib, e.g. clone done by user XXX. From the main page of this repo, I can see who else cloned XXX's repo, who else watches XXX's repo. But what I would like to do is see whether XXX's repo is a clone of another repo, and go up the chain to the real master repo. Is this possible from the UI of github, or do I have to clone XXX's repo, invoke some git command on my clone, ... and repeat the operation at each node of the cloning graph ? Thanks in advance, (Of course, for clojure-contrib I guess that Rich's repo is the master, but still it's rather a guess than an evidence provided by the tools to me). -- Laurent --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [OT] github (?) question
Thanks all, Christophe gave the explanation. -- Laurent 2009/6/26 Bruce Williams br...@codefluency.com Near the name of the repository it should say what repo it was forked from, if any. You can just follow the chain up. The Network diagram is also useful when trying to discover the canonical repo -- or the most up-to-date one. Cheers, Bruce On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Laurent PETIT laurent.pe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, this is an OT question, but since Rich encouraged git gurus here on the ml to on help non gurus, then I ask :-) By just surfing on github website, I find a cloned repository of clojure-contrib, e.g. clone done by user XXX. From the main page of this repo, I can see who else cloned XXX's repo, who else watches XXX's repo. But what I would like to do is see whether XXX's repo is a clone of another repo, and go up the chain to the real master repo. Is this possible from the UI of github, or do I have to clone XXX's repo, invoke some git command on my clone, ... and repeat the operation at each node of the cloning graph ? Thanks in advance, (Of course, for clojure-contrib I guess that Rich's repo is the master, but still it's rather a guess than an evidence provided by the tools to me). -- Laurent --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
