[gentoo-user] [OT] how to extract a GIT repository

2010-07-21 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, when I use a - type ebuild which accesses the source from a GIT repository this is stored under /usr/portage/distfiles/git-src/$PN where $PN is the package name. But one cannot look at the source files since these are in compressed form. How can I setup a directory with the

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] how to extract a GIT repository

2010-07-21 Thread Kyle Bader
ebuild PATH TO ebuild file unpack and then look at /var/tmp/portage//work/ but is there a direct way (or how does portage do this)? I'm not sure how portage does this but the git directory is likely bare which is why you don't see any branch files. Try: git clone