sync-all doesn't work properly if you run from a fork on github
The intuitive behaviour when working with projects on github is to make your own fork so that you can use the online interface (or GitHub for {windows,osx} apps).
One would assume that this behaviour was endorsed because of the ~130 forks to the ghc repo, however forking the repo actually causes ./sync-all to stop working (it asks for a username and password to whomever@ github.com). It seems the only way for a person to work with the project from github is to clone directly from the original repo.
This sounds like a bug.
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Version | 7.6.3 |
Type | Bug |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | Trac & Git |
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