Re: "git" build-tree for Familiar

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 01:38:14PM +0100, Sylvain Letellier wrote:
> What does really the command "git clone" ?

It should make an exact clone of the familiar git repository on your
local filesystem.

> Does it EXACTLY replicate the directory tree of
> http://familiar.handhelds.org/git/familiar-build.git/
> on my computer or does it something else too ?

It should.

> But I don't see any "setup/" directory nor
> "setup/build-env.sh" file under
> http://familiar.handhelds.org/git/familiar-build.git/

I have both the directory and the script in my local repos:
erik_at_mjollnir ~/handhelds/familiar/src $ pwd
/home/erik/handhelds/familiar/src
erik_at_mjollnir ~/handhelds/familiar/src $ ls -l setup/
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 erik users 4985 Sep 4 18:56 build-env.sh

> I ask this question, because I only have a 56K dialup
> connexion, so I can't use it to download the ~ 80 Megs
> of the whole build-tree from my Linux-box.
>
> To try to resolve this problem, I download of the
> whole build-tree with a Windows(c) computer, that has
> a fast internet-connexion, then I replicate the tree
> on my Linux-box.

You should be able to use a windows native version of git to clone the
tree, then copy it over. Although at that point all bets are off with
regard to staying in sync.

Although introducing windows into the mix is always a dangerous step
since vfat does not have any notion of permissions.

If I were you, I would instead get a linux live cd, put it into the
computer running windows, boot that. Clone the tree, make sure the
script is there before doing anything else and then replicate that tree.

E

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