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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 26 | ||||
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@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@ -OSTree +libOSTree ====== New! See the docs online at [Read The Docs (OSTree)](https://ostree.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ ) ----- -OSTree is a tool that combines a "git-like" model for committing and -downloading bootable filesystem trees, along with a layer for -deploying them and managing the bootloader configuration. - -OSTree is like git in that it checksums individual files and has a -content-addressed-object store. It's unlike git in that it "checks -out" the files via hardlinks, and they should thus be immutable. -Therefore, another way to think of OSTree is that it's just a more -polished version of +This project is now known as "libOSTree", renamed from "OSTree"; the focus is on +the shared library. However, in most of the rest of the documentation, we will +use the term "OSTree", since it's slightly shorter, and changing all +documentation at once is impractical. We expect to transition to the new name +over time. + +libOSTree is a library and suite of command line tools that combines a +"git-like" model for committing and downloading bootable filesystem trees, along +with a layer for deploying them and managing the bootloader configuration. + +The core OSTree model is like git in that it checksums individual files and has +a content-addressed-object store. It's unlike git in that it "checks out" the +files via hardlinks, and they should thus be immutable. Therefore, another way +to think of OSTree is that it's just a more polished version +of [Linux VServer hardlinks](http://linux-vserver.org/index.php?title=util-vserver:Vhashify&oldid=2285). **Features:** diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index e3f2d12a..76f23684 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63]) dnl If incrementing the version here, remember to update libostree.sym too -AC_INIT([ostree], [2017.1], [walters@verbum.org]) +AC_INIT([libostree], [2017.1], [walters@verbum.org]) AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h]) AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux]) @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ src/libostree/ostree-1.pc AC_OUTPUT echo " - OSTree $VERSION + libOSTree $VERSION =============== |