Re: heads up: please use USE_GITHUB=yes when packaging software hosted on GH

[mlh%goathill.org@localhost (MLH)]

> Hi,
> 
> I added a helper mk fragment to contain the github distinfo mess,
> inspired by FreeBSD. Please refer to these instructions:
> 
> https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/fixes.html#build.fetch.github
> 
> When converting packages to USE_GITHUB, please remember to
> remove MASTER_SITES, PKGNAME, DIST_SUBDIR and WRKSRC overrides
> as those are no longer required in the typical case.
> 
> Thank you,
> -Tobias

What is the recommended practice for creating a git-based package
that has no source distributions:

https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/blob/master/INSTALL-LINUX