On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> Wouldn't it be a worthy goal to exclude git repos from the rsync 
> mirroring and use git instead?

Well, one of the problems is simply maintenance of kernel.org.

It's just _simpler_ to use rsync for everything.

Look at the current gitweb caching discussion. Did anybody actually step 
up to be a gitweb maintainer on kernel.org?

Same deal. Simplicity and lack of maintenance is sometimes not just a good 
idea, it's a requirement.

		Linus
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