Re: documentation on release build process change (svn -> git)?

From: Glen Barber <gjb_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:51:23 +0000
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 11:34:15AM -0400, Michael Butler wrote:
> On 8/29/20 11:14 AM, Glen Barber wrote:
> > NOPORTS=yes is the problem, and I forgot to address it before merging
> > the project branch back.  Please try with r364956.
> 
> Trying now but, in the interim, I noted ..
> 
> With SVN, I could re-use a previously existing build directory and it
> would simply apply the relevant diffs to bring the tree up to date.
> 
> In the move to GIT, now it seems I have to pull the whole tree down or
> it complains ..
> 
> imb_at_vm01:/usr/src/release> sudo ./release.sh -c release-i386.conf
> fatal: destination path '/usr/local/release-builds/i386/usr/src' already
> exists and is not an empty directory.
> 
> I'm not that familiar with GIT but .. Is there an incremental update
> option I can use? If so, should this be the default? As is, it seems
> like a colossal waste of bandwidth and unwanted load on the parent GIT repo,
> 

I added a way to update an existing tree in r364959.  I have only done
very trivial testing on this change, however, so please let me know if
it does not work as expected.

Glen


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