Thanks, that helps.
On 1/14/20, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 05:37:55PM -0700, Raymond, David wrote: >> Quick question: Can got (Game of Trees) be used on an existing git >> repository or does it require a fresh start? >> >> Dave > > Commands which only display repository data work out of the box on > any Git repository. This includes 'got log', 'got tree', and 'tog'. > > To make changes with Got you can check out a work tree from any > existing Git repository. Given a Git repository in ~/src/myproject/ > you would run something like this: > > got checkout ~/src/myproject src/myproject-got-work-tree > cd ~/src/myproject-got-work-tree > > From this work tree you can commit changes with Got. Any changes you > commit will show up in the Git repository. Git's work tree will show > such changes as staged changes, and getting Git back on track requires > a command such as 'git reset --hard master'. > > Got ignores Git's work tree and treats every Git repository as if it was > a so-called "bare" repository (a repository without a Git work tree). > See 'man git-repository' and 'man got-worktree' for details. > -- David J. Raymond david.raym...@nmt.edu http://physics.nmt.edu/~raymond
