[fpc-pascal] Forking the GitLab FPC Source repository

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 30 Apr 2023, Norman Dunbar via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Good Afternoon All.
>
> I'm attempting to fork the FPC Source repository on GitLab so that I can 
> occasionally make some updates to the M68K Sinclair QL cross compiler RTL and 
> Unit files. However, I get an error messages saying "an error occurred, try 
> again". This is constant with every attempt, after fresh logins etc.
>
> I suspect that this is down to the repository being private? If indeed it is 
> private. There are docs on GitLab which advises that private repos can't be 
> cloned unless a member.
>
> Am I correct in this thinking? Is all I need to do is request access to the 
> official repo using the link on the home page for it?

The repo is not private.

>
> I have checked the FPC development docs, Wiki and searched with 
> Google/DuckDuckGo to no avail.
>
> Any advice gratefully reeceived. Thanks.

One possible reason is that the repo is simply too big: it has 26 years of
commits.

We had serious problems importing it for this very reason.

Michael.