Re: Re: Suggest changing git repo on website to refer to git protocol

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>
To: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Suggest changing git repo on website to refer to git protocol
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:31:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2D9F8A07-0995-4F36-879F-FBAF4676DB5D@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890807230919m388dfb36r7ea7ddab1ea354ba@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

If a volunteer writes this up, I'd be happy to include it on the org- 
mode pages.

- Carsten

On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:

> I might add a couple of cents' worth.  I am clue challenged where it
> comes to certain technologies that the users of lists such as this one
> seem to take for granted.  In particular, while I didn't clearly
> understand the problem brought up by the original poster, I did have
> quite a bit of trouble with this very link.  I couldn't figure out how
> to use git at all.  I posted on the list, and got help from some
> listmembers, clarifying the issues.
>
> In my humble opinion, a clearer explanation of how to "clone" (what's
> that?) a git repository, and so on, would be helpful.  I have
> (probably a bit presumptously) been able to install quite a few
> software programs from CVS, subversion, etc., probably even git.  In
> each case there was a clearly presented instruction of how to use it.
>
> I have appreciated this.  As an interloper in the technological world,
> in many ways, I owe a massive debt to those who have made it easy for
> me to do what I have needed or wanted to do.
>
> It was Manish who explained to me in the clearest terms how to use the
> git repository.  I trust he will not resent my posting here his
> instructions ( in a far less clearly formatted manner than his own,
> I'm afraid).  I am taking some liberties with his presentation:
>
> I.  Org is cloned from it's git repo [perhaps  in ~/elisp/org- 
> mode.git:].
>
> $ mkdir ~/elisp/ && cd ~/elisp
> $ git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git org-mode.git
>
>
> II.  When one wishes to update the "clone"
>
>   $ cd ~/elisp/org-mode.git && git pull
>
> He explained more of the process of building the package.  This was
> helpful to me.  Perhaps with something similar on the org-mode pages,
> a less clueful (but no less keen) newcomer like myself may be given
> the gift of understanding.
>
> I have gone on at some length.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>
> "It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..."
> ---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man
>
>
>
> -- 
> Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@gmail.com
>
> "It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..."
> ---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man
>
> "We have no art. We do everything as well as we can." ---Balinese  
> saying
>
>
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