[LLVMdev] unofficial github llvm-mirror: announce, frequency update, ownership

[David Chisnall]

On 9 Mar 2015, at 17:02, Will Dietz <willdtz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'd like to announce the "unofficial llvm github mirror", which I've
> been running for a bit over 3 years now:
> 
> https://github.com/llvm-mirror
> 
> Why is this useful in addition to the existing llvm git mirrors?
> * quick code browsing, easy to link to a particular line or commit
> * github projects based on LLVM can simply fork (server-side) and
> avoid uploading project contents and history repeatedly
> * potentially faster cloning speeds[1]
> * commits link to github profiles (who is this fellow, what else is he
> up to?), profiles show commit activity
> * reduce load on llvm hosting services ("if you don't use the github
> mirror you're costing us money!" hehe I kid)
> * lists the projects available via git

A great many thanks for running this.  It’s been very useful to us for LLVM-based research projects.

David