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Re: Overlay repo on github
- From: Steven Penny <svnpenn at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:29:01 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Overlay repo on github
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:21:17, Ivan Gagis wrote:
I'm trying to setup a cygwin overlay repo right on github, here:
https://github.com/igagis/cygwin-repo
This is an awful idea. Git, and in turn GitHub, are not designed for or meant
for storage of binary files.
Please stop doing this and use an existing mirror:
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
Or if you insisting on hosting your own do it properly and not by hijacking a
Git repo.
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