Re: Moving to Github ... ?

"Michael D. Setzer II via busybox" <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2026 03:04:09 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.busybox
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On 7 May 2026 at 16:09, Sam Thursfield via busybox wrote:

Date sent:      	Thu, 7 May 2026 16:09:20 +0200
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Subject:        	Moving to Github ... ?
From:           	Sam Thursfield via busybox 
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Send reply to:  	Sam Thursfield <[email protected]>

> Hi all,
> 
> I notice the busybox.net "Browse Source" website switched to 
> https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror. Is it worth treating that 
> as the canonical location for now?
> 
> I can see a couple of previous threads about issues with the busybox.net 
> Git hosting, I'm guessing this the same infrastructure abuse that most 
> open source projects have been seeing recently.. my commiserations that 
> you're having to deal with this :/
> 
>    * "busybox authoritative git repository (was: AI recommended changing 
> from using git port to https?)" 
> (https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-April/092059.html)
>    * "Not clear what is going on with site and git." 
> (https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2026-March/091970.html)
> 

Just did a git pull on busybox.net and git-clone on busybox mrror 
site. These are the differences I got.

diff -r ./.git/config /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/config
7c7
< 	url = https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror
> 	url = https://git.busybox.net/busybox
Binary files ./.git/index and /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/index differ
diff -r ./.git/logs/HEAD /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/HEAD
1c1
< 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1778172190 +1000	clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror
> 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1777743215 +1000	clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git
diff -r ./.git/logs/refs/heads/master 
/home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/refs/heads/master
1c1
< 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1778172190 +1000	clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror
> 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1777743215 +1000	clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git
diff -r ./.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 
/home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
1c1
< 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1778172190 +1000	clone: from https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror
> 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
ead17e7808236be80614d0a8755f4ddad63ab56c Super User <[email protected]> 
1777743215 +1000	clone: from https://git.busybox.net/busybox.git

These are local changes I'm testing to handle  ChST timezone, and 
have fully match  ls-sworks and ls-l-works with local ls.
Have 3 other failures, butn't have done those yet
diff -r ./testsuite/date/date-works 
/home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/date/date-works
3c3
< dt=`echo "$dt" | sed 's/^[^ ][^ ][^ ] [^ ][^ ][^ ] [ 0123][0-9] [012][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-6][0-9] 
[A-Z][A-Z]* [012][0-9][0-9][0-9]$/OK/'`
> dt=`echo "$dt" | sed 's/^[^ ][^ ][^ ] [^ ][^ ][^ ] [ 0123][0-9] [012][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-6][0-9] 
[A-Z][A-Zh]* [012][0-9][0-9][0-9]$/OK/'`
diff -r ./testsuite/ls/ls-l-works /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/ls/ls-l-works
6c6
< LC_ALL=C ls -l "$d" > logfile.gnu
> LC_ALL=C ls -l "$d" |grep -v total | sed 's/./ /11' > logfile.gnu
diff -r ./testsuite/ls/ls-s-works /home/msetzerii/Downloads/busybox/testsuite/ls/ls-s-works
6c6
< LC_ALL=C ls -1s "$d" > logfile.gnu
> LC_ALL=C ls -1s "$d" | grep -v total> logfile.gnu
 

Am running a new deadlink check. Before it had a 145 links on 
main page, and had 45 - 404 errors, and 3 - 403 errors. 

Now has. 145 links with 44 fails, 43 - 404 and 1 (-1) no 403

Error	URL	Anchor Text	Linked From
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_37_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.37.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_36_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_36_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.36.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_35_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.35.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_33_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_34_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_34_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.34.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_32_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_33_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.33.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=1_32_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.32.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_31_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.31.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_30_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.30.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_29_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.29.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_28_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.4/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.3/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.2/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.1/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.28.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
-1 Not found: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response 
	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_27_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.2/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.1/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.27.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_26_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.2/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.1/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.26.0/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_25_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_24_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_23_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.23.2/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_22_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_21_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.21.1/	patches
	https://busybox.net/
404 Not Found	https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/?h=1_20_stable	git
	https://busybox.net/



> Thanks a lot
> Sam
> 
> -- 
> Sam Thursfield (he/him), Software Engineer
>    Codethink Ltd.                            http://www.codethink.co.uk/
> 
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