Re: Help with git and LilyPond Tutorial

[John Mandereau]

> I think you have a minor bug in your description: instead of
> 
> $ touch empty ; git add empty ; git commit  -m 'empty' empty
> $ git pull git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git/ web/master:
> $ git repack

These instructions come from README in branch web/master of Savannah git
repo. Should they simply replaced with the command below?


> you should do
> 
> $ git fetch git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git/ web/master:web/master

I thought git-clone was the command to use.


> Then, branch from the upstream with
> 
> $ git checkout -b myweb web/master
> 
> Now you are on branch "myweb", which is identical to "web/master" until 
> you commit your own changes.
> 
> Subsequent pulls can be done with
> 
> $ git pull git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git/ web/master:web/master
> 
> which not only updates "myweb", but also stores the remote "web/master" in 
> your local repository, so you can always get a diff between the tips of 
> "myweb" and "web/master" by
> 
> $ git diff web/master..myweb

These instructons seem to be clear. With your permission, I may add them
to http://lilypondwiki.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Translations_HOWTO

Cheers,
-- 
John Mandereau <address@hidden>