On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 19:53 -0400, Jack wrote:
> I've been happily using many of the packages in cygwinports installed  
> with setup.exe, but there are a few apps I would like to try to use a  
> more recent version.

With a repository of this size, it is inevitable that upstream updates
get missed, particularly those that aren't well announced.  If you would
tell us which packages you are referring to, then I could update them
and everyone would benefit.

> I assume I'm better off starting with the latest  
> .cygport file for the app rather than starting from scratch,

Good assumption. :-)

> but I would rather not clone the entire cygwin-ports git repository.  Is 
> there a recommended approach for this?  Can I clone only from the  
> application level?  Should I just pull the necessary files from the web  
> git interface?

Each package has its own git repository, listed here:

http://cygwin-ports.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb-index.cgi

For any given source package, the git repository is usually:

git://cygwin-ports.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/cygwin-ports/PACKAGE


Yaakov
Cygwin Ports



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