[LinuxPPS] git

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> Just install the git-core package and then you need __only__ these
> commands to get a patch:
> 
>    $ git clone git://git.enneenne.com/linuxpps
>    $ cd linuxpps
>    $ git diff linux-vanilla master > my_patch

Thanks. Running the clone now.

> First command downloads a copy of my repository (the repository is
> huge since it holds the linux-vanilla source code too) and the last
> command extracts the patch against the linux-vanilla.

How big is huge? It is my tiny firewall...

> Once you have cloned my repository you can get updates simply using
> the command:
> 
>    $ git pull git://git.enneenne.com/linuxpps
> 
> This time will be downloaded only the differences (few bytes :).
> 
> Also sending patches to me is easy. Just modify the code and then use:
> 
>    $ git diff > patch_to_submit
> 
> Refere to GIT tutorial for further info on patches creation.

This sounds better. I can delete teh extra copy of the vanilla source?
(keep only patched source in the pps tree?)