On 4 August 2011 12:58, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > > 1. The program checks for the current git revision "number" (a hex > string in fact) of the local copy.
I believe you are referring to the SHA1 value. > How do I find out, using FreePascal and a git executable: > 1. (Preferably - so I can match behaviour between the git and svn parts > of the program) the remote git revision > 2. If the local copy needs updating, i.e. the remote copy is newer. Why check for it first, why not just do a 'git pull origin' and be done with it. But, if you really want to inspect the HEAD revision's SHA1 value of a remote repository, you can use the following command: $ git ls-remote origin HEAD If you wanted to know every HEAD of every branch/tag on the remote repository, then just do: $ git ls-remote origin For more information see the following help for the 'git ls-remote' command: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-ls-remote.html > However, having git support in LazUpdater does make downloading updates > an awful lot quicker, so... +1 Graeme. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
