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SubjectRe: kernel hacker's git howto
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@suse.cz>
>
>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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