Thanks Graham,

You are quite right.

Best regards...Paul

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 11:53 AM Graham Bloice <graham.blo...@trihedral.com>
wrote:

>
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 11:03, Paul Offord <paul.offor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm following the instructions here - 3.10. Contribute Your Changes
>> (wireshark.org)
>> <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcContribute.html>
>>
>> There is an instruction to double check my remotes:
>>
>> $ git remote -v
>> $ downstream g...@gitlab.com:henry.perry/wireshark.git (fetch)
>> $ downstream g...@gitlab.com:henry.perry/wireshark.git (push)
>> $ upstream   g...@gitlab.com:wireshark/wireshark.git (fetch)
>> $ upstream   g...@gitlab.com:wireshark/wireshark.git (push)
>>
>> But when I run the command I get:
>>
>> C:\Development\wireshark>git remote -v
>> downstream      g...@gitlab.com:paul.offord/wireshark.git (fetch)
>> downstream      g...@gitlab.com:paul.offord/wireshark.git (push)
>> origin  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git (fetch)
>> origin  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git (push)
>>
>> As you can see, the master name is different.
>>
>> Is this a problem?
>>
>>
> The name given to any remote is just that, a local name to refer to.
> Origin is the default if you didn't provide one when cloning the Wireshark
> repo, presumably you didn't follow the instructions in
> https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcObtain.html#ChSrcGit
> closely enough that are (my bold):
>
> 3. Next, clone the Wireshark repository:
>>
>
>
> # If you have a GitLab account, you can use the SSH URL:
>> $ git clone -o upstream g...@gitlab.com:wireshark/wireshark.git
>> # If you don't you can use the HTTPS URL:
>> $ git clone -o upstream https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git
>>
>
>
> The clone only has to be done once. This will copy all the sources
>> (including directories) from the server to your machine and check out the
>> latest version. *The -o upstream flag uses the origin name “upstream”
>> for the repository instead of the default “origin” as described in
>> the GitLab documentation
>> <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/forking_workflow.html>*.
>> Cloning may take some time depending on the speed of your internet
>> connection.
>
>
> You can adjust this using git remote:
>
> git remote rename origin upstream
>
>
>
>> Thanks and regards...Paul
>>
>> --
>>
>> Paul Offord
>>
>
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> Graham Bloice
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