FS#13160 : git packages prototype could use "git clone" instead of "cp"

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FS#13160 - git packages prototype could use "git clone" instead of "cp"

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Gergely (imrehg) - Sunday, 08 February 2009, 14:34 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 22 February 2009, 09:01 GMT

Task Type	Feature Request
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Dan McGee (toofishes) Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	None
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:
Checking the git packages prototype [1], one could do better if instead of copying a git repo to a "build" dir, cloning it. That is, instead of:
cp -r "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
do:
git clone "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"

This would save space and would be faster in the same time, as git uses hard links whenever possible instead of actual copying (e.g. [2]).

I changed the wiki a while ago since I started to use this method, and just been brought to my attention that the ABS prototype is different, so though file a feature request for this.

[1] http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=abs.git;a=blob;f=prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto;hb=HEAD
[2] http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/ch03.html#_light_speed_multitask

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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Sunday, 22 February 2009, 09:01 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Patch in git.