Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] support for repository(ies) contact/description

[Aleix Conchillo Flaqué]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This isn't about branches, but rather about low-level optimization.
>
> I confused git.or.cz and repo.or.cz. A proper example is:
> http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.git?a=forks
>
> In practice this means 2 repositories that share the same blobs
> database.
>
> Forest is different. AFAIU this is a way to reference external
> secondary repositories from a main repository.
>

Exactly.

> In this case, "forks" is a way to create a branch in a separate
> repository while still using the main repository's files instead of
> copying them. The pros is that the branch is clearly separate (not an
> official branch) and can get different filesystem-level permissions.
>
> Hopefully this is clearer now :)
>

Much better now :-). I will have a look.

Aleix