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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Public mirror
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mlh |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Public mirror |
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Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:28:33 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 12:21:52PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> In my mind is the concept of taking my branch and "make public", so that
> my coworker can cherry pick/ merge off my branch, to his heart's
> content.
>
> (And vice versa of course, he making his branch public.)
>
> I imagine the simplest way is something like this:
>
> cd ~/public_html
> ln -s ~/\{archives\} .
>
> So, I've read on the wiki about something called .listing files. These
> seem to be created in "Mirror" archives.
>
> However, is there any reason I must unnecessarily mirror my whole
> archive, just to make it public? Can't I just symlink, and somehow
> create these .listing files within my main archive?
Yes, I believe you can just create a =meta-info/http-blows file
and run archive-fixup.
But really, you're better off doing it the official way.
Plus, symlinks are not typically followed from public_html.
Matt