author | Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> | |
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:32:00 +0000 (11:32 +1000) | ||
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:14:02 +0000 (13:14 -0700) | ||
commit | 0c8c385ef188bf76b6edcda87a7cc9bc05596fa3 | |
tree | e09e0f1a09fd0977f12d8a69fdf138c08d6531ab | tree | snapshot |
parent | ec014eac0e9e6f30cbbca616090fa2ecf74797e7 | commit | diff |
gitweb: supply '-n' to gzip for identical output
For projects that do not release official archives, gitweb's snapshot
feature would be an excellent alternative, and but without the '-n'
('--no-name') argument, gzip includes a timestamp in output which results
in different files. Because some systems hash/checksum downloaded files
to ensure integrity of the tarball (e.g FreeBSD), it is desirable to
produce tarballs in a reproducible way for that purpose.
Whilst '--no-name' is more descriptive, the long version of the flag is
not supported on all systems. In particular, OpenBSD does not appear to
support it.
Supply '-n' to gzip to exclude timestamp from output and produce idential
output every time.
Signed-off-by: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>
Acked-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
For projects that do not release official archives, gitweb's snapshot
feature would be an excellent alternative, and but without the '-n'
('--no-name') argument, gzip includes a timestamp in output which results
in different files. Because some systems hash/checksum downloaded files
to ensure integrity of the tarball (e.g FreeBSD), it is desirable to
produce tarballs in a reproducible way for that purpose.
Whilst '--no-name' is more descriptive, the long version of the flag is
not supported on all systems. In particular, OpenBSD does not appear to
support it.
Supply '-n' to gzip to exclude timestamp from output and produce idential
output every time.
Signed-off-by: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>
Acked-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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