On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Teemu Ikonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > <snip> > Additionally, publishing the repository in alioth (git.debian.org) > requires some steps which are not completely obvious. Here's a short > guide: > > First, in alioth: > # create a bare git repository > cd /git/debian-science/ > mkdir project.git ; cd project.git > git --bare init > > # activate the default post-update hook to allow http checkouts > chmod a+x hooks/post-update > > # The non-obvious part: If your repo does not have a 'master' branch > # (like in the example above), the HEAD ref in the repository needs > # to be set to point to something that exists in the repo you are about > # to push. Otherwise checkouts from the clone of this repo will fail. > # In our case this branch should be 'debian' > echo 'ref: refs/heads/debian' > HEAD > > > Then locally: > # tell your local git repo about the remote > git remote add alioth ssh:// > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/git/debian-science/project.git > # hack away > [...] > # push to alioth, when you want to publish your repository > git push --all alioth > git push --tags alioth > > Thank you so much for this guide. I just pushed plotdrop to the Debian Science git repo using your directions. I'm pretty much a git newb but I *think* it worked as expected. I also very much appreciated your repo structure suggestions. I'm amazed at how easy pristine-tar is to use and it's very nice to have everything you need right there in the repo (and under revision control). -Jordan Mantha
