On 09/01/2007 03:34 PM, Tim Moore wrote: > John, > Is this information about your git repositories still current?
Probably. I haven't tested it in a while. I've been away from my simulator ... way too busy with other stuff, including flying real airplanes. > John Denker wrote: >> A few minutes ago, I explained how in environment.cxx, > >> If you want to have all these features, the easiest way is >> to pull down a copy of the _Sport Model_ of FG. (For details >> on this, see the "git" section, below. This is not meant to >> be a fork, as explained below.) > > ... >> For quite a while I've been using git to keep track of FlightGear >> files. Using git instead of CVS is like having a sports car instead >> of a skateboard. > ... >> If you want to go try this, the work required to get started will be >> greatly lessened if you download the git repositories in their >> already-packed form. The FlightGear "source" tree is available via >> the commands > >> mkdir $top/fgs >> cd $top/fgs >> git-init >> time git-pull http://www.av8n.com/repo/fgs/.git origin:origin >> ## less than a minute >> time git-pull http://www.av8n.com/repo/fgs/.git sport:sport >> ## even less >> git branch ## take a look >> git checkout sport >> git checkout -b myversion ## or whatever you want to call it >> edit...as...desired >> time ./autogen.sh >> ./configure >> time make > > ... >> The same procedure used for the "source" tree works for the "data" tree: >> mkdir $top/fgd >> cd $top/fgd >> time git-pull http://www.av8n.com/repo/fgd/.git origin:origin >> ## 600 megabytes of network traffic, expands to 1.5 gigs on disk >> time git-pull http://www.av8n.com/repo/fgd/.git sport:sport >> ## incrementally almost nothing >> git checkout sport >> git checkout -b myversion ## or whatever you want to call it ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
