Description Alex Blewitt 2014-05-10 06:33:14 EDT

The E4 repositories used to be in /e4/org.eclipse.e4, but have now moved into the platform at org.eclipse.platform instead.

The old repositories look stake (showing up as 3 years since last update):

https://git.eclipse.org/c/?q=e4

However, the descriptions aren't set and there still appears to be content in them, e.g. https://git.eclipse.org/c/e4/eclipse.platform.ui.e4.git/tree/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench

The problem is that a naive Google search will bring up these locations instead of the real locations for code bases.

I suggest that for repositories which are not active any more, the following is done:

1. The description is changed to point to the new location, e.g. "This repository has been moved to /eclipse/eclipse.platform.ui"
2. The repository's contents (on the master branch) are deleted, and replaced with a README.md or README.txt file that says "This repository has been moved to /eclipse/eclipse.platform.ui"

That way, Google won't index the default (master) branch and users browsing the website will not see the content in the wrong place. The git repository will of course still have the content available (in both the commit log, and in other tags/branches) but upon first glance users won't think it's still the active one.

Clearly some of the repositories in the e4/ repository are still in use (such as the tools and website) but clearing up stale repositories will make it easier for casual users to find the right place.