On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 07:47:44PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 07:24:34PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 07:06:22PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > I never understood why new ports have to submitted as a tarball. > > > Why not accept new ports as a diff which only creates new files? > > > It is trivial to create such a diff. > > > > Give me the magical recipie that does NOT create directories in the actual > > CVS repository/is usable without write access to the OpenBSD CVS repo or > > a copy ! > > > > They DON'T create new files, they create NEW DIRECTORIES. > > > > Unless I'm missing something, CVS makes it NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DO > > without a local repository! > > cvsdo can do it by faking new directories entries in CVS/Entries files. > This does not require adding directories to the repository (see below). > I am not suggesting this is a great solution, but it can be done.
Is this documented anywhere for new people?
