On Sunday, October 16, 2016 09:39:41 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I am probably using git in an unusual way.
... > But, I'm not sure how to handle further updates after I've made local > changes to the source code. > > The one approach I can think of is to create a patch file before I download > the next update, then download and untar the next update, and then apply > that patch file (while doing git adds and commits at the appropriate > times, which I have to think about). > > But the patch file approach seems rather cumbersome and un-git (and un-CMS) > like--is there a better approach? I've done / am doing more reading, and my approach is probably not as unusual as I thought, and I've found instructions on creating and applying patches to / from git, so I'll probably be (close to) OK after I do some more reading.