Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 6 July 2018 06:34:01 BST Davyd McColl wrote: > 1) `sync-depth` has been deprecated (should now use `clone-depth`) But to what value should clone-depth be set? And why is the recent news item referring to instructions to use sync-depth? -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 4:30 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 6 July 2018 06:34:01 BST Davyd McColl wrote: > > > 1) `sync-depth` has been deprecated (should now use `clone-depth`) > > But to what value should clone-depth be set? That comes down to personal taste. Do you want any history t

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiboot USB - GRUB2 loop device

2018-07-14 Thread Francesco Turco
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 04.14.07 CEST Alex Luehm wrote: > I've recently taken it upon myself to create a multiboot USB with isos > that I tend to frequently use. So far I've been successful in adding > Clonezilla and the Archlinux live ISOs. I've attempted to add the Gentoo > install ISO in a sim

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 11:40:03 BST Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 4:30 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 6 July 2018 06:34:01 BST Davyd McColl wrote: > > > 1) `sync-depth` has been deprecated (should now use `clone-depth`) > > > > But to what value should clone-depth be

[gentoo-user] Re: Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Martin Vaeth
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 6 July 2018 06:34:01 BST Davyd McColl wrote: > >> 1) `sync-depth` has been deprecated (should now use `clone-depth`) > > [...] And why is the recent news item referring to instructions > to use sync-depth? Things have changed with portage-2.3.42: sync-depth is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:00 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > That's all I need for the portage tree, unless removing everything at lower > depths will remove the change records. If you clone with a depth of one you'll see the current state of the tree, and a commit message from the CI bot, and that

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, git and shallow cloning

2018-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 11:06 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > > git rev-parse HEAD >! .git/shallow > git reflog expire --expire=all --all > git gc --prune=now > Before anybody bangs their head against the wall too much I did end up having syncing issues with this. I suspect the fix is a one-liner, but