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On Thu, 26 May 2016 09:32:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > These days it's a lot easier to get practice because you don't have to |
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> > deal with CVS. If you clone our git repo as your $PORTDIR, then you |
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> > can make your changes and `repoman commit` just like the rest of us. |
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> > If you're okay with Github, you can create pull requests there from |
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> > that same clone. |
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> Aye, there's the rub. Git is a closed book to me at the moment. Having |
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> to learn how to use it would at least triple my time to get up to |
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> speed. Time, I have plenty of (DV, as they say in religious circles), |
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> but my brain doesn't go nearly as well as it did 40 years ago. |
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You don't have to use git, I uploaded my ebuild changes to b.g.o - it |
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needs a dev to commit them anyway. |
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> > You should probably read through the entire devmanual once, but |
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> > there's no substitute for practice and asking questions. |
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> Sounds like good advice - I'll go and find it now. |
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devmanual.gentoo.org - you also need to read man 5 ebuild. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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