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Remove the paragraph about adding binary files to CVS. |
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Replace the instances of CVS with git. |
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X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 |
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Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@××××××××××.edu> |
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diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml |
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index ac68dcd..10709ea 100644 |
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--- a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml |
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+++ b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml |
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@@ -42,22 +42,9 @@ above 20KB) which should be distributed as tarballs via the |
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<uri link="::general-concepts/mirrors/#suitable-download-hosts">Gentoo mirror system</uri> |
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so that people do not waste excessive amounts of bandwidth and hard drive |
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space. Also, you should not add binary (non-ASCII) files to the |
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-Portage CVS tree. If you need to do this in another CVS tree, for |
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-example, if you need to add a small PNG graphic for whatever reason, |
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-be sure to add it to CVS by using the <c>-kb</c> option, like so: |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<pre caption="Adding binary files to CVS"> |
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-# <i>cvs add -kb myphoto.png</i> |
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-</pre> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-The <c>-kb</c> option tells CVS that <path>myphoto.png</path> is a binary |
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-file and should be treated specially. For example, merging the |
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-differences between two different versions of this file should not be |
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-allowed to happen, for obvious reasons. Also, speaking of merging |
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+git tree. Also, speaking of merging |
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changes, any patches you add to Portage should generally <e>not</e> be |
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-compressed. This will allow CVS to merge changes and correctly inform |
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+compressed. This will allow git to merge changes and correctly inform |
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developers of conflicts. |
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</p> |
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@@ -149,7 +136,7 @@ simply, <path>1.0-gentoo.diff</path>. Also note that the |
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<path>gentoo</path> extension informs people that this patch was created |
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by us, the Gentoo Linux developers, rather than having been grabbed from a |
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mailing list or somewhere else. Again, you should not compress these |
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-patches because CVS does not play well with binary files. |
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+patches because git does not play well with binary files. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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