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Github "Download ZIP" button is not supported | ||
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Please use git clone instead. | ||
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The "Download ZIP" button on Github has two problems: | ||
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1. The archive does not contain Git metadata (.git directory) which | ||
is needed by OVIS when figuring out the version hashes and submodules. | ||
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2. It does not contain submodule sources. | ||
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Others have asked GitHub for a way to disable the zip portion of this | ||
button without result. (see also project rose-compiler/rose for details.) | ||
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This README lives in a directory whose name causes it to appear | ||
as close as possible to the "Download ZIP" button in the GitHub web | ||
interface. |