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From
Brown, Len <len.brown@intel.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2005, 04:13 UTC
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<F7DC2337C7631D4386A2DF6E8FB22B30056F93AC@hdsmsx401.amr.corp.intel.com>
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> file:4698abe46bff0b878dcfcd05771f5760483b4278 -> file:494429738f8f86bbe21f38b5f90cc94344ad0630
> --- a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test tree and then pull to the release t
> patches blocked in the test tree waiting for complex changes to accumulate
> enough test time to graduate.
> -Back in the BitKeeper days I achieved this my creating small forests of
> +Back in the BitKeeper days I achieved this by creating small forests of
> temporary trees, one tree for each logical grouping of patches, and then
> pulling changes from these trees first to the test tree, and then to the
> release tree. At first I replicated this in GIT, but then I realised
> @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ So here is the step-by-step guide how th
> First create your work tree by cloning Linus's public tree:
> - $ git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
> + $ git clone \
> + master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
> Change directory into the cloned tree you just created
> @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ Set up a remotes file so that you can fe
> branch into a local branch named "linus":
> $ cat > .git/remotes/linus
> - URL: rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> + URL: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> Pull: master:linus
> ^D

This works for me, but now it requires a password to update when before it did not.

-Len
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