Re: busybox.net git had updates not showing on busybox_mirror git pull??

On 14 May 2026 at 19:51, Rob Landley via busybox wrote:

Date sent:      	Thu, 14 May 2026 19:51:25 -0500
Subject:        	Re: busybox.net git had updates not showing on 
busybox_mirror git
	pull??
To:             	[email protected]
From:           	Rob Landley via busybox <[email protected]>
Send reply to:  	Rob Landley <[email protected]>

> On 5/14/26 13:09, Michael D. Setzer II via busybox wrote:
> > Git Pull from Busybox.net is newer than pull from mirror site?
> > 
> > 244c0a01eece537e9d7e8318a5c320a836cc604b PRE__PULL
> > 244c0a01eece537e9d7e8318a5c320a836cc604b POST_PULL
> > Nothing changed (Already up to date).
> 
> Upstream being newer than a mirror is not a bug. (Could be a cron job 
> updating it, or similar.)

Just know that my git pull on both busybox.net and the mirror site 
failed the other day, with a message that the following lines needed 
to be added to fix the issue. Think there was an update to git on 
system.

Adding the lines to the two git pull script fixed the program and it 
was able to download from both trees.

Then just saw that the busybox.net tree had a couple update,
but mirror was showing the older tree.

Don't know if the mirror clone/pull progress may be getting the 
same message and failing to update the tree. If it is a cron process 
the error will likely not be seen by anyone for some time.

Have generally, seen if busybox is update the mirror has always 
had the same updates. 

Well, hopefully, some with much more knowledge on git, can 
determine if it is noting and well resolve itself, or will require 
something simple like adding the line to my scripts did for me.

Thanks for the reply.

busybox.net has these 3 new patches.
<244c0a01e> 2026-05-14 [Denys Vlasenko] testing stripts: allow to 
skip "awk gsub erroneous word start match" test

<0309c0298> 2026-05-14 [Denys Vlasenko] hush: placate warning: 
'print_pfx_escaped_nl' defined but not used

<8fc70b52e> 2026-05-14 [Denys Vlasenko] tls: use 
bb_simple_error_msg where appropriate



> 
> The mirror on microsoft github offers web browsing of the history, but 
> git.busybox.net is the cannonical repository you can pull from according 
> to https://busybox.net/source.html . The busybox website at OSUOSL no 
> longer offers a browseable web version of the repository because LLM 
> slop crawlers no more respect resource limits than they respect 
> intellectual property ownership.
> 
> https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settlement-authors-copyright-ai
> 
> A mirror lagging behind upstream is not a significant issue.
> 
> Rob
> 
> P.S. I have not spoken to Denys about this, it just seems obvious?
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