[OSM-dev] Weird branches on github mirrors

[Paul Hartmann]

On 08/28/2012 10:39 AM, Andy Allan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I clone various projects from github (e.g. mod_tile) I get weird
> cascading branches
>
>>From https://github.com/openstreetmap/mod_tile
>   * [new branch]      git-svn    -> upstream/git-svn
>     96e542f..1739c6b  master     -> upstream/master
>   * [new branch]      mirror/git-svn -> upstream/mirror/git-svn
>   * [new branch]      mirror/master -> upstream/mirror/master
>   * [new branch]      mirror/mirror/git-svn -> upstream/mirror/mirror/git-svn
>   * [new branch]      mirror/mirror/master -> upstream/mirror/mirror/master
>
> [...]
>
>   * [new branch]
> mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/master
> -> upstream/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/mirror/master
>
> I realise this is an artifact/bug of the mirroring scripts, but who
> needs to do what to fix them?

I think Ævar runs the scripts:

https://github.com/avar

When they are fixed, you could help, by joining the organization on 
github and cleaning up the mess left behind.

Regards, Paul