Re: kernel hacker's git howto

[David Greaves]

I think a lot of people on the git list would like to see this - please 
CC :)

David

Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Here's my current version of git HOWTO. I'd like your comments...
>
> 	Kernel hacker's guide to git
> 	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>      2005 Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
>
> You can get cogito at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/
> . Compile it, and place it somewhere in $PATH. Then you can get kernel
> by running
>
> mkdir clean-cg; cd clean-cg
> cg-init rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>
> ... Do cg-update origin to pickup latest changes from Linus. You can
> do cg-diff to see what changes you done in your local tree. cg-cancel
> will kill any such changes, and cg-commit will make them permanent.
>
> To get diff between your working tree and "next tree up", do cg-diff
> -r origin: . If you want to get the same diff but separated
> patch-by-patch, do cg-mkpatch origin: . If you want to pull changes
> from the "up" tree to your working tree, do cg-pull origin followed by
> cg-merge origin.
>
>
> How to set up your trees so that you can cooperate with linus
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> What I did:
>
> Created clean-cg. Initialized straight from Linus (as above). Then I
> created "nice" tree, good for Linus to pull from 
>
> mkdir /data/l/linux-good; cd /data/l/linux-good
> cg-init /data/l/clean-cg
>
> and then my working tree, based on linux-good
>
> mkdir /data/l/linux-cg; cd /data/l/linux-cg
> cg-init /data/l/linux-good
>
> . I do my work in linux-cg. If someone sends me nice patch I should
> pass up, I apply it to linux-good with nice message and do
>
> cd /data/l/linux-cg; cg-pull origin; cg-merge origin
>
>  

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