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

On 5/29/26 23:37, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "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

Indeed, if it were written today, I would expect it to be done that way. 
The script dates back to before busybox was using git (the switch to git 
happened in 2009, the script was added to the repository in 2008), and 
Denys is the only one who uses the script (as the script notes, this is 
a consequence of the releases being gpg-signed), so I think this is just 
one of those "if it ain't broke" situations.

Cheers,
Harald van Dijk