New git repository

[Damien Miller]

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:

> It is working fine.
> If i could voice a wish -- i'd hope for a mainstream branch; i.e.,
> when all i do is
> 
>   $ git remote add -t master origin git://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git
>   $ git fetch -v
>   ...
>    * [new tag]         V_5_5_P1   -> V_5_5_P1
>    * [new tag]         V_5_7_P1   -> V_5_7_P1
>    * [new tag]         V_6_0_P1   -> V_6_0_P1
>    * [new tag]         V_6_1_P1   -> V_6_1_P1
>    * [new tag]         V_6_2_P1   -> V_6_2_P1
>   $
> 
> So i don't get all the releases through [master]:
> 
>   $ git ls-remote git://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git
>   ...
>   627337d95bee7dd8d4690238a35fffd35072d1fa  refs/tags/V_5_5_P1
>   4b8ebe7e3647d3078fd4d025f4325b8cc1ac20d6  refs/tags/V_5_6_P1
>   6f8f04b860765da07938bfe1fef017b00c3a3d55  refs/tags/V_5_7_P1
>   8c0fe794fcc0f47ff728101568da865ab387dc6d  refs/tags/V_5_8_P1
>   e784fe2683d560a8ab3d87b5b35f8e7b1ea20854  refs/tags/V_5_8_P2
>   5643cf0fc4d71e783c6aef2574684f07d21945ab  refs/tags/V_5_9_P1
>   d5dacb43fa30c2f6d7eebbd4c5fcf906c3b5d5d8  refs/tags/V_6_0_P1
>   4eb0a532efe679917e07655721145c6882bdb4c7  refs/tags/V_6_1_P1
>   eed8dc261018aea4d6b8606ca3addc9f8cf9ed1e  refs/tags/V_6_2_P1
>   b396fa313014ca06e7e694ab01b7c36cba660b0a  refs/tags/V_6_2_P2
>   4425e64da7dee0b3e81f1ae301f56fa3a83fe221  refs/tags/V_6_3_P1
>   e01f4f6bfd6f5a47f810fd3522a151d59815402b  refs/tags/V_6_4_P1
>   ...
> 
> It would be great if there would be the possibility to simply
> follow the/a streamline (whatever it is, maybe a new dedicated
> under refs/heads, like [releases] or simply whatever, there are
> quite a few thereunder) and get all the releases.

This might be a possibility if/when we move development to git.

> While here, i'd be dreaming of an included generated configure,
> too, as in checkout == distribution-to-go.
> But enough -- thank you for sshd(8)!

Not sure about this; I don't really want configure checked in as changes
there are just noise.

-d