Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 12:54:12 +0000 From: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> To: Jimmy Renner <jimbo@renner.se> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No update for a day on ports? Message-ID: <20210402125412.GA87656@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20210401123252.Horde.7_V-YzZYK_DrzF7Cah4DzY-@renner.se> References: <20210401082247.668e4394@zeta.dino.sk> <YGV0EvmP3Hkk5543@mail.bsd4all.net> <3b7de439-12a1-70a4-7aec-8b2a9fde38ba@heuristicsystems.com.au> <20210401095527.7de7a28e@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <20210401123252.Horde.7_V-YzZYK_DrzF7Cah4DzY-@renner.se>
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On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:32:52PM +0200, Jimmy Renner wrote:
>
> Citerar Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>:
>
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:47:01 +1100
> > Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Would appreciate if anyone can provide insight as to the 4 git
> >> commands that I need to function, in a manner similar to the way I
> >> use svnlite use. Git equivalents for:
> >>
> >> svnlite update /usr/ports
> >> svnlite update -r '{$YYYY-$MM-$DD}' /usr/ports/$category/$port
> >> svnlite log -l $N /usr/ports/$category/$port
> >> svnlite diff /usr/ports/$category/$port
> >
> > I got a partial answer. There is a port, net/gitup, that will do an
> > update of sorts. (Note: I was just told 'gitup' and there is an old
> > port, now renamed 'git-up', which is not the right one).
> >>
> >> I'm sure many other users would have a similar usage (and similar
> >> non-knowledge of git)
> >
> > Indeed. I feel this should have been done in advance. And been in
> > Appendix A of the Handbook in plenty of time.
> >
> >> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of
> >> base or ports are moving to git?
> >
> > Going with the fashion, IMO. But I will no doubt get shouted down.
> >
>
> If it is deprecated where do I find the information I need, this does
> not help:
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html
>
This is actually an old URL from before the Asciidoc conversion last
January. The new URL scheme skip the _US.ISO8859-1 part, so just
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html
I will commit an update to document the new Git workflow once the
transition is complete.
Regards,
René
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