git: 70e64ba44941 - main - release.sh: Update GITROOT URL

[Glen Barber]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 04:18:07PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > The branch main has been updated by gjb:
> > 
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=70e64ba4494190e64ab8faa04d744182d420c275
> > 
> > commit 70e64ba4494190e64ab8faa04d744182d420c275
> > Author:     Glen Barber <gjb at FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2020-12-29 14:34:05 +0000
> > Commit:     Glen Barber <gjb at FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2020-12-29 14:40:28 +0000
> > 
> >     release.sh: Update GITROOT URL
> >     
> >     Hard-code the GITROOT for the ports tree to use cgit-beta
> >     until the ports repository is converted.
> >     
> >     While here, remove $FreeBSD$ RCS IDs.
> 
> So how do I know what version of some file I am looking at
> once it has been dis-associated from a git clone?
> 

You can't.  Git does not expand the tags.

> Is there some new mechanism that can give me the cadence of
> say, /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf once its FreBSD ID is riped out?
> 
> Also if $FreeBSD$ needs to be removed, can we please just do
> it in one massive tree wide commit rather than have this
> random piece wise needless noise in 1000's of commits?
> 

Please, no.  There is no benefit to prune these in one fell swoop as
opposed to, for example, bumping Copyright dates.

Glen

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