Ok, found this "guide": https://reference.apache.org/committer/git
It says if your url is https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-gpg-plugin.git then use git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-gpg-plugin.git That was step 1... -Marshall On 10/9/2018 2:07 PM, Marshall Schor wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use git in order to checkout the maven-gpg-plugin. Our > spreadsheet > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k4XpPA0YFzOp2bDtkXXGbXEN4bdu4u-ummTdn8tvd_Q > on how to do things needs some updating - I'm currently stuck searching for > basic answers. > > To check out the spreadsheet say to do a git clone <url>. > > I don't know the url. What I have is this http link: > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-gpg-plugin.git > > I note that this is the same kind of link uimaFIT has. > That URL doesn't work in the git clone command. > > ============ > > The spreadsheet has an entry under ASF Conventions "Apache Home on GitHub". > This seems only partially true. For instance, the very thing I'm trying to do > is on "gitbox" not "github"? > > Re: workflows in Eclipse: I have the Eclipse "egit" plugin installed, I think > it's > the "standard" support. Is there a workflow for checking out a maven project > as a named branch, working on it, committing it (locally), and then making a > request to the project owners to pull your changes? I couldn't seem to find > how to do step 1 (e.g., check out a project as a new Eclipse project-branch). > Anyone know how to do that? > > -Marshall (struggling...) > >
