Re: Some local customization enhancements when using git

["Richard Earnshaw (lists)" <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com>]

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On 10/01/2020 14:26, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> On 10/01/2020 13:23, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
>> This patch is intended to help with folks setting up a git work
>> environment for use with GCC following the transition to git.  It
>> currently does a couple of things.
>>
>> 1) Add an alias 'svn-rev' to git so that you can look up a legacy
>> commit by its svn revision number.  This enables you to type
>> git svn-rev 1234
>> and git will show the commit log entry relating to SVN r1234.
>>
>> 2) Sets up tracking information for the user's private name area in
>> the git repo.  It tries to figure out some sensible answers to the
>> data it needs, but allows the user to override the values.  It then
>> creates the fetch and push entries that are needed for tracking the
>> extra refs. This implements one part of the recommendations that I've
>> proposed in svnwrite.html for dealing with private branches.
>>
>> It should be possible to run the script more than once and for it to
>> DTRT.  If you change your answers the configuration should be
>> correctly updated.
>>
>> 2020-01-10  Richard Earnshaw  <rearnsha@arm.com>
>>
>>      * gcc-git-customization: New file.
>>
> 
> Updated to add better support for diff-ing .md files.
> 
> R.

A couple more tweaks to this file and I've now checked it in.

1) Added the ability to select the prefix for the personal namespace.
This will be cached.  If you change it, then the push operations will be
updated (but any local branches you will have to rename if you want them
to continue working afterwards).
2) Removed the + from the added push spec.

R.


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