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download.txt: No more Cogito. Describe branches. --- commit 71b71d34283fe4f10dc70c15a8a31dfe0878a6d6 tree 0caddb5b0f4ff370c9b02b6d2a5258f72acf920a parent 6317e6c9e49cd5a9b2650949331b05ec0f6d6a20 author Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:07:36 +0300 committer Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:08:17 +0300 download.html | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- download.txt | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) diff --git a/download.html b/download.html index 30b1541..d87a489 100644 --- a/download.html +++ b/download.html @@ -146,47 +146,110 @@ is given in the following section.</p> </div> <h2>ELinks via GIT</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> -<p>To get access to ELinks via GIT you will need to have the following tools -installed on your system:</p> +<p>To get access to ELinks via GIT you will need to have GIT installed on +your system. Please see the <a href="http://git.or.cz/";>GIT website</a> for pointers +to source and binary packages and documentation. Pick the most recent +version. (We no longer recommend +<a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/45014";>Cogito</a>.)</p> +<p>First, get yourself a copy of the ELinks repository by doing:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/elinks.git +% cd elinks</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>(If the operation hangs or fails, try also cloning from +<tt>git://repo.or.cz/elinks.git</tt> or <tt>http://elinks.cz/elinks.git</tt>. +However, your firewall may block the GIT protocol, and cloning +from elinks.cz takes much longer. You can add more sources with +<tt>git remote add</tt> after you have the clone.)</p> +<p>You now have a working copy of the local “master” branch, which is +tracking the remote “origin/master” branch, where the unstable +version of ELinks is kept. If you want to use some other remote +branch, e.g. “origin/elinks-0.12”, create a corresponding local +branch with this command:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% git checkout --track -b elinks-0.12 origin/elinks-0.12</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>You can get a list of remote branches with <tt>git branch -r</tt>, +<tt>git remote show origin</tt>, or <tt>git ls-remote —heads origin</tt>. +The following branches are known to exist:</p> <dl> <dt> -<a href="http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/";>The GIT core</a> +master +</dt> +<dd> + The unstable version. As of August 2007, this is ELinks + 0.13.GIT, but few commits are made directly here; instead, + they are made in “elinks-0.12” and later merged here. +</dd> +<dt> +elinks-0.12 +</dt> +<dd> + The ELinks 0.12 series. Forked from “master” on 2007-04-22. + Bug fixes only, until ELinks 0.12.0 has been released. +</dd> +<dt> +elinks-0.11 +</dt> +<dd> + The ELinks 0.11 series. Mainly bug fixes are made here. +</dd> +<dt> +REL_0_10 </dt> <dd> - This is a set of lowlevel tools able of accessing and modifying - a GIT tree. Pick the most recent version. + The ELinks 0.10 series. Unmaintained since 2007-03-17. </dd> <dt> -<a href="http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/";>The Cogito tools</a> +utf8 </dt> <dd> - Which is a set of bash scripts layered on top of the GIT core with the - aim of making interacting with GIT trees more pleasent. - Pick the most recent version. + UTF-8 terminal support for ELinks 0.12.GIT. Forked from + “master” on 2006-01-14. Was merged back to “master” + on 2006-07-21 and is no longer developed separately. +</dd> +<dt> +witekfl +</dt> +<dd> + Changes to be reviewed and then applied to “master” or + “elinks-0.12”. +</dd> +<dt> +HEAD +</dt> +<dd> + An alias for the default branch, currently “master”. </dd> </dl> -<p>In the following we will only focus on getting the most recent version of the -stable and unstable trees. See -<a href="http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/docs/introduction.html";>the Cogito introduction</a> -or <a href="http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/docs/";>the Cogito manpages</a>. -for information on doing more advanced things with Cogito.</p> -<p>You can get the latest <strong>unstable</strong> development version by doing:</p> -<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% cg clone http://elinks.cz/elinks.git -% cd elinks</pre></td></tr></table> -<p>You can also get the latest <strong>stable</strong> development version via GIT. Note that -development in the stable branch is more slow and mostly involves backporting -of bug fixes. Just do this:</p> -<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% cg clone http://elinks.cz/elinks.git#{stable-branch} {stable-branch} -% cd {stable-branch}</pre></td></tr></table> -<p>There may also be some other branches for separate development of some larger -experimental features etc. The old CVS history is available in a separate -archive that can be grafted onto either the stable or unstable tree by simply -running the following command in the cloned ELinks repository:</p> -<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% sh contrib/grafthistory.sh</pre></td></tr></table> -<p>Note, it requires <tt>wget(1)</tt> and will download about 80M.</p> +<p>After you have checked out the right branch, generate the files +that we do not keep in GIT:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% ./autogen.sh</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>And then you can compile ELinks as described on +<a href="documentation/installation.html">the installation page</a> +or in the INSTALL file.</p> +<h3>Keeping up to date</h3> <p>You can browse <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git";>the GIT tree</a> online. You can also browse <a href="http://cvsweb.elinks.cz/cvsweb.cgi/elinks/";>the old CVS tree</a>.</p> +<p>As new commits are made, your clone of the ELinks repository will +become out of date. Instead of making a new clone from scratch, +you can quickly update the old one with:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% git pull</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>This command both updates the remote branches (e.g. “origin/elinks-0.12”) +and merges the changes to your local branch (e.g. “elinks-0.12”). +You can then compile the new version. It is usually not necessary +to run <tt>./autogen.sh</tt> first.</p> +<p>Adding more data to the repository gradually leaves more and more +small files in the <tt>.git/objects/??</tt> directories. To compress these +files into a pack so that they take up less disk space, run this:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% git gc</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>To see commits almost in real time, you can join the +<a href="community.html#irc">#ELinks IRC channel</a>, where the +<a href="http://cia.vc/stats/project/ELinks";>CIA.vc</a> bot announces them. +However, it takes a while before the new commit is available +at elinks.cz, and then some more before it is at repo.or.cz.</p> +<p>The old CVS history is available in a separate archive that can be +grafted onto either the stable or unstable tree by simply running the +following command in the cloned ELinks repository:</p> +<table border="1" class="code"><tr><td><pre>% sh contrib/grafthistory.sh</pre></td></tr></table> +<p>Note, it requires <tt>wget(1)</tt> and will download about 80M.</p> </div> <h2>Getting ELinks up and running</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> @@ -205,7 +268,7 @@ You can also browse </span> </div> <p class="validate"> - Last Modified: 10-Jul-2007 17:24:33 EEST. + Last Modified: 04-Aug-2007 22:07:58 EEST. Validate: <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer";>CSS</a> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer";>XHTML</a>. diff --git a/download.txt b/download.txt index 88e0451..1495553 100644 --- a/download.txt +++ b/download.txt @@ -102,49 +102,120 @@ is given in the following section. ELinks via GIT -------------- -To get access to ELinks via GIT you will need to have the following tools -installed on your system: +To get access to ELinks via GIT you will need to have GIT installed on +your system. Please see the http://git.or.cz/[GIT website] for pointers +to source and binary packages and documentation. Pick the most recent +version. (We no longer recommend +http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/45014[Cogito].) -http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/[The GIT core]:: - This is a set of lowlevel tools able of accessing and modifying - a GIT tree. Pick the most recent version. +First, get yourself a copy of the ELinks repository by doing: -http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/[The Cogito tools]:: - Which is a set of bash scripts layered on top of the GIT core with the - aim of making interacting with GIT trees more pleasent. - Pick the most recent version. + % git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/elinks.git + % cd elinks -In the following we will only focus on getting the most recent version of the -stable and unstable trees. See -http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/docs/introduction.html[the Cogito introduction] -or http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/docs/[the Cogito manpages]. -for information on doing more advanced things with Cogito. +(If the operation hangs or fails, try also cloning from +`git://repo.or.cz/elinks.git` or `http://elinks.cz/elinks.git`. +However, your firewall may block the GIT protocol, and cloning +from elinks.cz takes much longer. You can add more sources with +`git remote add` after you have the clone.) -You can get the latest *unstable* development version by doing: +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// + real user sys +http://repo.or.cz/r/elinks.git 5m35.358s 0m21.649s 0m6.060s +http://repo.or.cz/r/elinks.git 7m53.854s 0m21.201s 0m6.164s +git://repo.or.cz/elinks.git 7m17.302s 0m14.073s 0m1.872s +git://repo.or.cz/elinks.git 8m3.286s 0m14.029s 0m1.836s +http://elinks.cz/elinks.git 15m28.878s 0m24.250s 0m14.489s +http://elinks.cz/elinks.git 15m39.615s 0m24.738s 0m14.589s +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// - % cg clone http://elinks.cz/elinks.git - % cd elinks +You now have a working copy of the local ``master'' branch, which is +tracking the remote ``origin/master'' branch, where the unstable +version of ELinks is kept. If you want to use some other remote +branch, e.g. ``origin/elinks-0.12'', create a corresponding local +branch with this command: -You can also get the latest *stable* development version via GIT. Note that -development in the stable branch is more slow and mostly involves backporting -of bug fixes. Just do this: + % git checkout --track -b elinks-0.12 origin/elinks-0.12 - % cg clone http://elinks.cz/elinks.git#{stable-branch} {stable-branch} - % cd {stable-branch} +You can get a list of remote branches with `git branch -r`, +`git remote show origin`, or `git ls-remote --heads origin`. +The following branches are known to exist: -There may also be some other branches for separate development of some larger -experimental features etc. The old CVS history is available in a separate -archive that can be grafted onto either the stable or unstable tree by simply -running the following command in the cloned ELinks repository: +master:: + The unstable version. As of August 2007, this is ELinks + 0.13.GIT, but few commits are made directly here; instead, + they are made in ``elinks-0.12'' and later merged here. - % sh contrib/grafthistory.sh +elinks-0.12:: + The ELinks 0.12 series. Forked from ``master'' on 2007-04-22. + Bug fixes only, until ELinks 0.12.0 has been released. + +elinks-0.11:: + The ELinks 0.11 series. Mainly bug fixes are made here. + +REL_0_10:: + The ELinks 0.10 series. Unmaintained since 2007-03-17. + +utf8:: + UTF-8 terminal support for ELinks 0.12.GIT. Forked from + ``master'' on 2006-01-14. Was merged back to ``master'' + on 2006-07-21 and is no longer developed separately. + +witekfl:: + Changes to be reviewed and then applied to ``master'' or + ``elinks-0.12''. + +HEAD:: + An alias for the default branch, currently ``master''. + +After you have checked out the right branch, generate the files +that we do not keep in GIT: + + % ./autogen.sh + +And then you can compile ELinks as described on +link:documentation/installation.html[the installation page] +or in the INSTALL file. -Note, it requires `wget(1)` and will download about 80M. + +Keeping up to date +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can browse http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git[the GIT tree] online. You can also browse http://cvsweb.elinks.cz/cvsweb.cgi/elinks/[the old CVS tree]. +As new commits are made, your clone of the ELinks repository will +become out of date. Instead of making a new clone from scratch, +you can quickly update the old one with: + + % git pull + +This command both updates the remote branches (e.g. ``origin/elinks-0.12'') +and merges the changes to your local branch (e.g. ``elinks-0.12''). +You can then compile the new version. It is usually not necessary +to run `./autogen.sh` first. + +Adding more data to the repository gradually leaves more and more +small files in the `.git/objects/??` directories. To compress these +files into a pack so that they take up less disk space, run this: + + % git gc + +To see commits almost in real time, you can join the +link:community.html#irc[#ELinks IRC channel], where the +http://cia.vc/stats/project/ELinks[CIA.vc] bot announces them. +However, it takes a while before the new commit is available +at elinks.cz, and then some more before it is at repo.or.cz. + +The old CVS history is available in a separate archive that can be +grafted onto either the stable or unstable tree by simply running the +following command in the cloned ELinks repository: + + % sh contrib/grafthistory.sh + +Note, it requires `wget(1)` and will download about 80M. + Getting ELinks up and running -----------------------------
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