Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD src repo transitioning to git this weekend

From: Kristof Provost <kp_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:10:06 +0100
On 22 Dec 2020, at 22:06, bob prohaska wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 09:34:25PM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote:
>>
>> what does "pkg install git" do for you? NB: I use "pkg install git-lite".
>> Prevents about 1000 dependencies.
>>
>
> That seems to have worked. It reported something about package management
> not being installed, but after a prompt installed pkg-static and set
> up a version of git which seems to run. Svnlite had been working without
> this step.....
>
> This is for a Pi2B v 1.1, arm v7 only.
>
> Using the "mini git primer" at https://hackmd.io/hJgnfzd5TMK-VHgUzshA2g
> I tried to clone stable/12 expecting that the -beta would be gone.
>
> It looks as if I'm still jumping the gun. Although
> cgit.freegbsd.org replies to ping, using
>
> bob_at_www:/usr % git clone cgit.freebsd.org -b stable/12 freebsd-src
>
> reports:
>
> fatal: repository 'cgit.freebsd.org' does not exist
>
That’s because you have the wrong URL for the src repo.
Try `git clone https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git  -b stable/12 freebsd-src`

Best regards,
Kristof
Received on Tue Dec 22 2020 - 20:10:09 UTC

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