Re: [howto] Kernel hacker's guide to git, updated

[Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
> 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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