#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 snc@…): Replying to [comment:16 mojca@…]:
I believe that both the SHA sum and the tag should be present. Tag doesn't always represent the exact version number (sometimes the version needs to be set separately for a github project anyway, but is often clear and helpful, often even for livecheck).
And sometimes tags are never used.
I wasn't talking about moving the git repositories. I meant situations when the server is not accessible for several days. Or when the sources disappear completely (there are certain tar.gz files that are only present on MacPorts mirrors and can still be installed, but are otherwise long gone from web).
So we have two issues here: it's not a distfile, and keeping the whole repo we'd mean we have to manage history rewrites on our servers. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/16373#comment:17> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X