Re: Moving to Github ... ?

On Thu, 2026-05-07 at 21:25 +0200, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia via
busybox wrote:
> El jue, 7 may 2026 a las 21:07, Michael D. Setzer II
> (<[email protected]>) escribió:
> > 
> > On 7 May 2026 at 20:49, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> > From: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia <[email protected]>
> > Date sent: Thu, 7 May 2026 20:49:13 +0200
> > Subject: Re: Moving to Github ... ?
> > To: [email protected]
> > Copies to: Sam Thursfield via busybox <[email protected]>
> > > 
> > > Hi Michael,
> > > El El jue, 7 may 2026 a las 19:05, Michael D. Setzer II via busybox
> > > <[email protected]> escribió:
> > > On 7 May 2026 at 16:09, Sam Thursfield via busybox wrote:
> > > 
> > > Date sent:Thu, 7 May 2026 16:09:20 +0200
> > > To:[email protected]
> > > Subject:Moving to Github ... ?
> > > From:Sam Thursfield via busybox <[email protected]>
> > > 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
> > > 
> > > As discussed several times, it makes no sense to diff the .git directories.
> > > This is not the proper way to compare git trees, and just adds noise.
> > > 
> > Then what is this Magical Correct Way to correctly compare the two trees??
> > I can download the two trees, and then use diff to compare them. If there is a command that will do it better, I would like to know?
> 
> There are many ways to do that. Assuming you have already cloned one
> repository locally, you can add the second server as a remote, then
> compare using git diff:
> 
> cd your-existing-repo
> git fetch
> git remote add mirror [email protected]:vda-linux/busybox_mirror.git
> git fetch mirror
> git diff master mirror/master
> 

Why so complicated ?
You need only the SHA1 HEAD

And if you want to know the differences between 

git remote add mirror [email protected]:vda-linux/busybox_mirror.git
git remote add vda [email protected]:vda-linux/busybox.git

git log --oneline vda/master..origin/master 

note the ~1

git-scm.org will tell you

> This is just one way, there are many others. I suggest reading some
> git tutorials to better understand the concepts involved (working
> copy, remotes, branches, trees, etc.)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
> [email protected]
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