Re: [howto] Kernel hacker's guide to git, updated
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- Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>
- Date
- Sep 29, 2005, 20:07 UTC
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- <Pine.LNX.4.60.0509292106080.17860@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>
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- <20050929200252.GA31516@redhat.com>
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 07:03:05AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Just updated my KHGtG to include the latest goodies available in > > git-core, the Linux kernel standard SCM tool: > > > > http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html > > > > Several changes in git-core have made working with git a lot easier, so > > be sure to re-familiarize yourself with the development process. > > > > Comments, corrections, and notes of omission welcome. This document > > mainly reflects my typical day-to-day git activities, and may not be > > very applicable outside of kernel work. > > You wrote.. > > $ git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 > $ cd linux-2.6 > $ rsync -a --verbose --stats --progress \ > rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ \ > .git/ > > Could be just.. > > $ git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 > $ cd linux-2.6 > $ git pull
That is not actually the same. "git pull" for example will not download Linus' tags whilst the rsync would get everything.
> Likewise, in the next section, git pull doesn't need an argument > if pulling from the repo it cloned.
Now that is definitely correct. (-:
Best regards,
Anton
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