Thanks! I'm still new to Git, but I don't want to wade through a ton of documentation just to find a few answers.
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Norman Feske <norman.fe...@genode-labs.com> wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On 05/29/2015 06:16 PM, Nobody III wrote: > > Thanks for the links. I understand a little better how to work with Git > > now. I haven't read everything, but I have looked at the parts that seem > > most relevant. > > I'm still not finding an answer to my question. Can I fork the Genode > > repository without having to re-download Genode for my fork? > > I am not 100% sure I got your question right. But I will try to answer > anyway. You can do the following: > > * Clone Genode from genodelabs/genode. This is what you most likely > have done already, > * Create a fork of Genode at GitHub, > * Add the URL of your fork as a "remote" to your local repository > (see the 'git remote' command), > * Fetch the differences between your local repository and the > remote one, e.g., your fork (see the 'git fetch' command) > * Switch to a specific topic branch (see the 'git checkout' and > 'git branch' commands) > * Upload the commits of your topic branch to your fork (see the > 'git push' command) > > In short: There is no need to download the entirety of Genode again > because 'git fetch' downloads just the differences. > > But all that is not specific to Genode but general Git-Fu. Hence, > Christian suggested to consult Git-related resources for help. > > Cheers > Norman > > -- > Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske > Genode Labs > > http://www.genode-labs.com · http://genode.org > > Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden > Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > genode-main mailing list > genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main >
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