Re: Not clear what is going on with site and git.

Peter Korsgaard via busybox <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 23:37:51 +0200
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>>>>> "Harald" == Harald van Dijk <[email protected]> writes:

Hi,

 >> I do see that the tarball is identical to
 >> fc71374dfccd46448c62947269a35f1420d7ee28 except that the tarball does
 >> not include the .gitignore files:

 > That part is done by the scripts/bb_release script, again the normal
 > release making process: the .gitignore files in the repository are
 > meant to be kept out of the release tarball. It's been that way for
 > previous releases too.

Ahh yes, thanks.

The logic in make release looks like it could be replaced by git
archive, similar to how we do it in E.G. buildroot, but OK:

https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/master/Makefile?ref_type=heads#L1262-1263

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard