Re: contrib/gcc_update does not work

[Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:34 AM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 09:22, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > gcc_update, when called from newly initialized and pulled tree does not work:
>
> Initialized how?

 1035  mkdir gcc
 1036  cd gcc
 1037  git init
 1038  git pull https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git

> If you do a 'git clone' then it correctly checks out master and sets
> it to track origin/master.

I see, I'll try this now.

>
> >
> > --cut here--
> > $ contrib/gcc_update
> > Updating GIT tree
> > There is no tracking information for the current branch.
> > Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
> > See git-pull(1) for details.
> >
> >     git pull <remote> <branch>
> >
> > If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:
> >
> >     git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master
> >
> > Adjusting file timestamps
> > git pull of full tree failed.
> > --cut here--
> >
> > I would also appreciate a simple step-by step instructions on how to
> > set-up the local repo and basic workflow with git for "non-power"
> > users, as was the case with now obsolete instructions for anonymous
> > SVN r/o access [1] and r/w access [2]. Basically, push-my-first-patch
> > example.
> >
> > [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html
> > [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/svnwrite.html
>
> They're still a work in progress:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/git.html
> https://gcc.gnu.org/gitwrite.html

Yes, this is the information i was looking for. Sorry for being impatient ;)

Thanks,
Uros.