Documentation: begin discussion of git-remote in user manual
Start discussion of git-remote. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic unix
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This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic unix
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commandline skills, but no previous knowledge of git.
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commandline skills, but no previous knowledge of git.
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Chapters 1 and 2 explain how to fetch and study a project using git--the
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Chapters 1 and 2 explain how to fetch and study a project using
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tools you'd need to build and test a particular version of a software
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git--the tools you'd need to build and test a particular version of a
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project, to search for regressions, and so on.
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software project, to search for regressions, and so on.
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Chapter 3 explains how to do development with git and share your progress
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Chapter 3 explains how to do development with git, and chapter 4 how
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with others.
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to share that development with others.
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Further chapters cover more specialized topics.
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Further chapters cover more specialized topics.
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@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ directory, you will see that it contains a copy of the project files,
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together with a special top-level directory named ".git", which
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together with a special top-level directory named ".git", which
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contains all the information about the history of the project.
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contains all the information about the history of the project.
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In the following, examples will be taken from one of the two
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In most of the following, examples will be taken from one of the two
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repositories above.
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repositories above.
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How to check out a different version of a project
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How to check out a different version of a project
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repository. It will not touch any of your own branches--not even the
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repository. It will not touch any of your own branches--not even the
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"master" branch that was created for you on clone.
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"master" branch that was created for you on clone.
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Fetching branches from other repositories
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You can also track branches from repositories other than the one you
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cloned from, using gitlink:git-remote[1]:
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$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git
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$ git fetch
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* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
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New remote-tracking branches will be stored under the shorthand name
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that you gave "git remote add", in this case linux-nfs:
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$ git branch -r
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linux-nfs/master
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origin/master
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If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
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named <remote> will be updated.
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If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added
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a new stanza:
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$ cat .git/config
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[remote "linux-nfs"]
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url = git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git.git
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fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-nfs-read/*
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This is what causes git to track the remote's branches; you may
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modify or delete these configuration options by editing .git/config
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with a text editor.
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Fetching individual branches
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Fetching individual branches
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TODO: find another home for this, later on:
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You can also choose to update just one branch at a time:
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You can also choose to update just one branch at a time:
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knowledge than necessary: for example, "importing patches into a
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knowledge than necessary: for example, "importing patches into a
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project" rather than "the git-am command"
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project" rather than "the git-am command"
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Think about how to create a clear chapter dependency graph that will allow
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Think about how to create a clear chapter dependency graph that will
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people to get to important topics without necessarily reading everything
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allow people to get to important topics without necessarily reading
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in between.
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everything in between.
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Scan Documentation/ for other stuff left out; in particular:
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Scan Documentation/ for other stuff left out; in particular:
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howto's
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howto's
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@ -1634,11 +1677,8 @@ Scan email archives for other stuff left out
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Scan man pages to see if any assume more background than this manual
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Scan man pages to see if any assume more background than this manual
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provides.
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provides.
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Update git fetch discussion to use "git remote", move most of branch
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Simplify beginning by suggesting disconnected head instead of temporary
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discussion till later.
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branch creation.
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Can also simplify beginning by suggesting disconnected head instead
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of temporary branch creation.
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Explain how to refer to file stages in the "how to resolve a merge"
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Explain how to refer to file stages in the "how to resolve a merge"
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section: diff -1, -2, -3, --ours, --theirs :1:/path notation. The
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section: diff -1, -2, -3, --ours, --theirs :1:/path notation. The
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