On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Kris Moore <k...@pcbsd.org> wrote: > On 12/10/2013 09:37, Rick Miller wrote: > > > > This is my first foray into Ports beyond just installing what is > available. > > So, just looking for some feedback from others doing similar. Is there > > someone that can provide a few pointers in putting together and managing > > such a system? > > > > Rick, > > So the way we've been doing it is with git. > > I started by forking the ports tree from here: > > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/ > > After cloning the fork to disk, I added a new "remote" for the original > ports tree: > > % git remote add freebsd https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports.git > > I then added any custom ports / patches to our fork. When I want to > import changes from upstream I just go to my fork and do a new pull: > > % git pull freebsd master > > Merge any conflicts and commit. >
Haha. Thanks, Kris! I was making this harder than it needed to be :) I appreciate the simple solution! _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
