#16373: svn git and hg fetch type should maintain a persistent working copy ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 1.7.0 Resolution: | Keywords: performance fetch Port: | ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by mojca@…): The problem is that I'm now trying to push some projects into making GitHub clones just for the sake of being able to avoid constant re- fetching of the sources from a random git repository. I would be really really grateful if MacPorts would get the ability to store the old repository and/or to mirror snapshots in the form of .tar.[gz|bz2|xz] files. I suspect that solution would need to be implemented for each system separately anyway (different commands for svn, git and hg). I wanted to push the issue to start with git which is probably most widely used. I would like to add a new port and I'm trying to figure out whether I should: * make an unofficial mirror on GitHub (in my user account) * deal with the pain of re-fetching from the original repository * or make sure that the issue gets fixed in MacPorts I would prefer the last one. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/16373#comment:12> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X