[Bug 274720] Mk/Uses/git.mk: New Uses module USES=git to fetch from git repositories

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:16:02 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274720

            Bug ID: 274720
           Summary: Mk/Uses/git.mk: New Uses module USES=git to fetch from
                    git repositories
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: yuri@freebsd.org

Created attachment 245870
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=245870&action=edit
patch

It is a recurring theme that some projects are distributed only as Git
repositories.

I am proposing to add Mk/Uses/git.mk that allows to fetch such projects.

This code is already used in several ports, so it has been well tested.


Thanks,
Yuri

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