Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [gnuradio/gnuradio] Release v3.8.0.0 - Release 3.8.0.0

[Barry Duggan]

I tried the 'git fetch', but never did get things to work, so I deleted 
the gnuradio folder and built from scratch. I am now on track with 
maint-3.8.

I'm working on the Git course.

Thanks for your help.
---
Barry Duggan


On 2019-08-10 16:10, Derek Kozel wrote:
> Sorry, try running git fetch first to get the new commits.
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, at 9:09 PM, Barry Duggan wrote:
> > Hi Derek,
> >
> > Thank you for the course recommendation. I will certainly do that.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I did:
> > git checkout maint-3.8
> > and got:
> > error: pathspec 'maint-3.8' did not match any file(s) known to git
> >
> > So I did:
> > git pull origin master --tags
> > git tag -l
> >
> > and there was no 'maint-3.8' tag. The latest 'maint' version was
> > 'maint-3.6.2'. Is that because the 'git status' said "HEAD detached at
> > v3.8.0.0-rc2"? Is there some way to restore the status, or do I need 
> > to
> > start fresh?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ---
> > Barry Duggan
> >
> >
> > On 2019-08-10 10:05, Derek Kozel wrote:
> > > Hi Barry,
> > >
> > > Here's a git course that I really recommend. It says it takes 10 hours,
> > > but I find most people go through much faster and most of the basics
> > > are
> > > covered in the first 30 minutes or so. It does require registration but
> > > is free.
> > > https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-git
> > >
> > > As described in Marcus' email, the 3.8.x.x development will now all be
> > > on the maint-3.8 branch. This is definitely the branch you want to move
> > > to as it will be more stable than master (which will have breaking
> > > changes on the way to a 3.9 release).
> > >
> > > git checkout maint-3.8
> > > git submodule update
> > > git status
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's the results as shown on my system:
> > >
> > > [dkozel@wyvern gnuradio] git checkout maint-3.8
> > > M volk
> > > Branch 'maint-3.8' set up to track remote branch 'maint-3.8' from
> > > 'gnuradio'.
> > > Switched to a new branch 'maint-3.8'
> > > [dkozel@wyvern gnuradio] git submodule update
> > > Submodule path 'volk': checked out
> > > '1299d72c396a88fd2679adfd7a919ac00d2cf678'
> > > [dkozel@wyvern gnuradio] git describe
> > > v3.8.0.0
> > > [dkozel@wyvern gnuradio] git status
> > > On branch maint-3.8
> > > Your branch is up-to-date with 'gnuradio/maint-3.8'.
> > >
> > > nothing to commit, working tree clean
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Derek
> > >
> > > On 10/08/2019 13:19, Barry Duggan wrote:
> > >> Congratulations on this major release! That is an impressive list of
> > >> contributors.
> > >>
> > >> I am still a Git newbie, and unsure how to get from rc2 to the new
> > >> release. My current status is:
> > >>
> > >> pi@raspberrypi:~/gnuradio $ git status
> > >> HEAD detached at v3.8.0.0-rc2
> > >> nothing to commit, working tree clean
> > >>
> > >> Do I need to delete the gnuradio folder and start over, or is there a
> > >> better (and quicker) way?
> > >>
> > >> As always, thanks for your help.
> > >> ---
> > >> Barry Duggan
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 2019-08-09 17:44, Marcus Müller wrote:
> > >>> # Release 3.8.0.0
> > >>>
> > <snip>