Re: [dev] hggit and the suckless repos

From: Alexander Huemer <alexander.huemer_AT_xx.vu>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:09:04 +0200

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:39:07PM +0200, Sam Ḥilluc wrote:
> On 09/20/2013 10:14 PM, Alexander Huemer wrote:
> > $ hg clone git://git.suckless.org/st
> >
> > works for me. Are you sure there is a http+git URI scheme for hg-git?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > -Alex
> Indeed, with the git protocol it works fine (I didn't know it, thanks).
>
> But the http problem still holds, if a git repo is served by http or
> ssh, you
> have to add 'git+' before the protocol for hggit to recognize it (else
> it will assume
> it is a mercurial repo).
>
> Also, I wasn't clear but when I tested the github and kernel.org repos,
> I used
> git+http.

Well, on suckless.org the http clone support is provided by cgit (the
git http frontend). Obviously there is some incompatibility. Maybe you
want to let the hg-git guys know that.

Kind regards,
-Alex
Received on Sat Sep 21 2013 - 00:09:04 CEST