[llvm-dev] Migrating the llvm-emacs mode to a separate git repository

[Anton Korobeynikov via llvm-dev]

Another crazy idea – can mepla use shallow clone / sparse checkout?
Will it speed up all the things?

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:18 AM, Justin Bogner via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Jaseem Abid via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:
>> Hello llvm devs,
>>
>> Melpa[1] is pretty much the most common package manager for emacs and very
>> recently the llvm-mode got removed from it[2] due to performance issues.
>> This issue is not unique to llvm-mode, but affects a bunch of projects with
>> very large git repositories[3].
>>
>> Will it be possible to split this into a new separate git repo? This should
>> make it easier for the emacs community to work with this code and make it
>> less intimidating for new users to contribute to.
>
> I don't think splitting these out of the main llvm repo would make sense
> given that we're probably headed to having fewer repositories in the
> future. Besides which, it's pretty convenient to have these within the
> llvm source.
>
> As for melpa, I think mirroring utils/emacs to a dedicated repo seems
> fine. You could presumably use git subtree merges and make a read-only
> mirror that would be perfectly useable.
>
>> Current melpa maintainers and previous llvm-mode commitors are in CC.
>>
>> [1] https://melpa.org
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/melpa/melpa/commit/aa2d7a88731ecd9410ab7dc887a7a5f837d8a93b
>> [3] https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/5361#issuecomment-387710812
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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Department of Statistical Modelling, Saint Petersburg State University