On 25/11/2012 23:07, Bill Hart wrote: > Hi Brian, > > great! I've merged this to my repo. > > By the way, an additional correction to my instructions: > > git remote add https://github.com/wbhart/mpir bill > > should be > > git remote add bill https://github.com/wbhart/mpir > > apparently. > > Once you have done this, you should be able to get up-to-date with me > by doing git pull bill > > I have just made some changes for you to try this on. > > It's unfortunate that Git For Windows doesn't have a button for doing > git pull bill and you have to do it from the command line. I guess > they'll eventually add a button for this.
I use GIT rather than GITHUB as it has a more complete command set on the Windows context menus. The pull command is available on this menu and it pulled your changes without any problems (AFAIK). > > Bill. > > On 25 November 2012 22:56, Cactus <rieman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Sunday, 25 November 2012 21:25:14 UTC, Bill Hart wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have just finished creating a Git repository for MPIR on GitHub: >>> >>> https://github.com/wbhart/mpir >>> >>> We will be using Git very much like SVN, to simplify things for SVN >>> users until they get used to the more advanced features of Git, with >>> my GitHub page acting as the main development repository. >>> >>> Here are the steps that developers need to undertake if they plan to >>> use the Git repository for development: >>> >>> * Create your own personal GitHub account (free) on http://github.com/ >>> if you do not have one. (Click the "Sign Up For Free" button at the >>> upper right, and follow the instructions.) >>> >>> * Fork my copy of the MPIR repository by going to >>> https://github.com/wbhart/mpir and click the "Fork" button in the >>> upper right. >>> >>> * If you plan to use Git For Windows: >>> >>> ----- install it by going to http://windows.github.com/ and clicking >>> the Download button in the upper right, run it, following the >>> instructions. >>> >>> ----- clone your *own* MPIR GitHub repo in Windows, e.g. go to >>> https://gihub.com/yourusername/mpir and click "Clone in Windows" near >>> the top of the page on the left. >>> >>> ----- follow the Git For Windows instructions to add my repo >>> (https://github.com/wbhart/mpir) as a "remote". Give it the name bill >>> or something, which is easier to remember. >>> >>> * If you plan to use *nix git: >>> >>> ------ git clone https://gihub.com/yourusername/mpir mpir >>> >>> ------ cd mpir; git remote add https://github.com/wbhart/mpir bill >>> >>> The second last step in each case is equivalent to the svn checkout >>> procedure and creates a copy of the repository on your local machine >>> in the mpir directory. The last step just connects it up to the main >>> repo (mine). >>> >>> You are now ready to begin contributing to MPIR using Git. >>> >>> The four main differences between SVN and Git that you have to >>> remember are the following: >>> >>> * trunk in svn is called master in git. Most developers will work in >>> master. (Branches are possible just like svn, but you'll need to learn >>> more about git to do that.) >>> >>> * after doing git commit (similar to svn commit) there is an extra >>> step required to make your commits public, namely: git push. This >>> pushes all your changes to the public repo. You can make as many >>> commits as you like before you make them public with git push. Unlike >>> svn commit, git commit only makes commits to your local repo, not to >>> the public one. The extra step, git push, takes them all the way to >>> the public repo. >>> >>> * To keep up-to-date with the main development repo, you have to, >>> every now and again do: git pull bill (this is the equivalent of svn >>> up) >>> >>> * Other users do not automatically get your changes unless I merge >>> them into the main repo. For that, you have to tell me when you have >>> pushed changes to your public repo. (Users can pull directly from one >>> another, but you need to learn more about git to do that.) >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> >>> Bill. >> >> >> I now have my GIT repository (https://github.com/BrianGladman/mpir) for MPIR >> up at GITHUB and I have added the build files for Visual Studio 2012. >> >> Brian >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
