Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH] ts-xen-build-prep: Use .gitconfig so _everything_ uses git cache

2016-08-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: [OSSTEST PATCH] ts-xen-build-prep: Use .gitconfig so _everything_ uses git cache"): > On 03/08/16 16:47, Ian Jackson wrote: > Note that the git config url insteadOf feature is backwards: one > configures the config variable "url.NEW-URL.insteadOf.OLD-URL". So >

[Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH] ts-xen-build-prep: Use .gitconfig so _everything_ uses git cache

2016-08-03 Thread Ian Jackson
In particular, when xen.git clones a subtrees, whose url we didn't specify in the runvars, we end up using the url from xen.git's Config.mk. Arrange to use the git cache for all git urls, via the insteadOf feature. Note that the git config url insteadOf feature is backwards: one configures the

Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH] ts-xen-build-prep: Use .gitconfig so _everything_ uses git cache

2016-08-03 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 03/08/16 16:47, Ian Jackson wrote: > In particular, when xen.git clones a subtrees, whose url we didn't > specify in the runvars, we end up using the url from xen.git's > Config.mk. > > Arrange to use the git cache for all git urls, via the insteadOf > feature. > > Note that the git config url