Re: how to git gnumeric

[Marlon Nelson <marlon nelson gmail com>]

hmmm.... i just assumed it wouldn't be necessary to check out the most
current code before checking out the release prior to the most current
code

let me see if i understand what's going on

1) git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnumeric
this creates a source tree with the most current checked in code

2) git checkout GNUMERIC_1_9_6
this backs up in time to the tag, leaving my source tree at 1.9.6

3) git checkout -b R196
this creates a local branch called R196, with the source tree at 1.9.6

from then on i can switch back an forth with "git checkout master" and
"git checkout R196"

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Emmanuel Pacaud
<emmanuel pacaud lapp in2p3 fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le vendredi 01 mai 2009 à 14:20 -0400, Marlon Nelson a écrit :
> > $ git clone -n git://git.gnome.org/gnumeric
>
> Why are you using -n here ? Remove it and the following commands should
> work as expected...
>
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/marlon/gnome-dev/gnumeric/.git/
> > remote: Counting objects: 164330, done.
> > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (24273/24273), done.
> > remote: Total 164330 (delta 139555), reused 163265 (delta 138753)
> > Receiving objects: 100% (164330/164330), 118.08 MiB | 188 KiB/s, done.
> > Resolving deltas: 100% (139555/139555), done.
> > $ cd gnumeric
>
> If you don't want to clone the gnumeric repository again without -n,
> just do git checkout master here.
>
> > $ git checkout GNUMERIC_1_9_6
> > error: Entry 'ChangeLog' would be overwritten by merge. Cannot merge.
> > $
>
> > i guess i'm supposed to read all the man pages and become a git
> > expert, in order to be able to grab the latest release to compile
>
> No need to be a git expert, you can also use the following file:
>
> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnumeric/1.9/gnumeric-1.9.6.tar.gz
>
>        Emmanuel.



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