From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28365 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2013 19:41:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 28346 invoked by uid 89); 6 Nov 2013 19:41:28 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: mail-wg0-f43.google.com Received: from Unknown (HELO mail-wg0-f43.google.com) (74.125.82.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:41:27 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id b13so5447455wgh.22 for ; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:41:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.178.6 with SMTP id cu6mr714wjc.61.1383766877850; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:41:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.119.193 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Nov 2013 11:41:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <877gd5iyaz.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> References: <877gd5iyaz.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: git is live From: Andrew Pinski To: Tom Tromey Cc: GDB Development , Binutils Development Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2013-11/txt/msg00056.txt.bz2 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Tom Tromey wrote: > Hi everybody. Git is now live and the master repository for binutils > and gdb. > > > Maybe I made some enormous mistake! While I'd prefer to be finished > with this project, if there is a mistake, please be reassured that we > have not taken any truly irreversible action. CVS commits are disabled, > but all the data is still there. > > I hope you feel reassured now. > > > Pedro pointed out today that the history of the existing repository is > weird around the point at which the src repository is stitched onto the > older devo repository. "Weird" here means that there are some commits > that delete nearly everything, only to have it all restored a commit or > two later. I spent some time trying to fix this; but in fact, far too > much time, and in the end I decided that we will just have to live with > it. > > > It was pointed out to me on irc that not everybody has already used git. > I'm reliably informed that this is a good git book, and it is available > online: >error: refs/tags/x86_64versiong3 does not point to a valid object! > http://git-scm.com/book > > I'm sure there are others as well. > > A couple of small hints. You will want to set your username and email > address in your git config before pushing your first commit. I'm sure > the book explains this early on. > > I've set things up to reject "non-fast-forward" merge commits to master. > What this means is that if you commit something and try to push, and > then it fails, you will want to "git pull --rebase", or use "git rebase > -i", before trying again. This is basically analogous to "cvs > update"ing before trying to commit again. > > > I named the new repository "binutils-gdb". First, sorry to all who > backed "src". I was swayed by the hue and cry to choose a URL whose > importance is undeniable despite the second argument to git clone. > Second, gdbers, I chose the name alphabetically. > > The URLs: > > git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git > ssh://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git > > I believe only the latter form allows pushing. When I do a git clone of the first URL I get a lot of errors: error: refs/tags/x86_64versiong3 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/w32api-2_2 does not point to a valid object! ..... Thanks, Andrew Pinski > > > Please report any problems to me or to the list. I'll be around fixing > any problems. You can also join us on #gdb and ask git questions if you > like. > > I still have a few final tasks to do for the transition, but nothing too > pressing. E.g., I will check in my changes to the gdbadmin scripts > soon, when I'm readier to debug them; but meanwhile they will pull from > CVS without harm. > > Tom