Rich Freeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Philip Webb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 150828 Rich Freeman wrote:
> >
> >> git whatchanged /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses > /tmp/log.txt
> >
> > Tested as user :
> >
> > 690: ~> git whatchanged /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses > tmp/log.txt
> > fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /home)
> > Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
>
> You're probably not using git to fetch your portage tree.
>
> cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
> [DEFAULT]
> main-repo = gentoo
>
> [gentoo]
> location = /usr/portage
> sync-type = git
> sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git
> auto-sync = yes
>
> Fix that and you'll be fine. Be aware that you're not going to have
> any changelogs once you do this. I'm not certain but you might have
> to delete /usr/portage first - I have no idea how it handles existing
> files.
So, will I be able to see a git log for the packages? Otherwise, what
is the advantage of doing this? Will I see git logs for the ebuilds
only?
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