Re: RPM to GIT tree integration?

From: James Davidson <james@greycastle.net>
Date: Feb 7, 2009, 05:57 UTC
Message-ID: <20090207055747.GA5788@greycastle.net>
In-Reply-To: <b2cdc9f30902060905mb605a93oe8f9cc5795f3e008@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 05:05:49PM +0000, Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> wrote:

> This is a wild shot in the dark but I thought I'd better ask in case
> some one has. Has anyone created a script/tool that can take a src RPM and
> apply it's patches (in sequence) to an existing GIT tree?

This may be what you are looking for: http://www.gnome.org/~federico/news-2008-07.html#rpm2git

> In my case I just want a GIT tree for a vendor kernel. I could just
> prep an SRC RPM and commit the thing wholesale into GIT and start
> hacking but then I'd loose all the history benefits.

There is also a "How to use rpm2git" screencast: http://blip.tv/file/1155469

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