Hi Brian, great! I've merged this to my repo.
By the way, an additional correction to my instructions: git remote add https://github.com/wbhart/mpir bill should be git remote add bill https://github.com/wbhart/mpir apparently. Once you have done this, you should be able to get up-to-date with me by doing git pull bill I have just made some changes for you to try this on. It's unfortunate that Git For Windows doesn't have a button for doing git pull bill and you have to do it from the command line. I guess they'll eventually add a button for this. Bill. On 25 November 2012 22:56, Cactus <rieman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday, 25 November 2012 21:25:14 UTC, Bill Hart wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have just finished creating a Git repository for MPIR on GitHub: >> >> https://github.com/wbhart/mpir >> >> We will be using Git very much like SVN, to simplify things for SVN >> users until they get used to the more advanced features of Git, with >> my GitHub page acting as the main development repository. >> >> Here are the steps that developers need to undertake if they plan to >> use the Git repository for development: >> >> * Create your own personal GitHub account (free) on http://github.com/ >> if you do not have one. (Click the "Sign Up For Free" button at the >> upper right, and follow the instructions.) >> >> * Fork my copy of the MPIR repository by going to >> https://github.com/wbhart/mpir and click the "Fork" button in the >> upper right. >> >> * If you plan to use Git For Windows: >> >> ----- install it by going to http://windows.github.com/ and clicking >> the Download button in the upper right, run it, following the >> instructions. >> >> ----- clone your *own* MPIR GitHub repo in Windows, e.g. go to >> https://gihub.com/yourusername/mpir and click "Clone in Windows" near >> the top of the page on the left. >> >> ----- follow the Git For Windows instructions to add my repo >> (https://github.com/wbhart/mpir) as a "remote". Give it the name bill >> or something, which is easier to remember. >> >> * If you plan to use *nix git: >> >> ------ git clone https://gihub.com/yourusername/mpir mpir >> >> ------ cd mpir; git remote add https://github.com/wbhart/mpir bill >> >> The second last step in each case is equivalent to the svn checkout >> procedure and creates a copy of the repository on your local machine >> in the mpir directory. The last step just connects it up to the main >> repo (mine). >> >> You are now ready to begin contributing to MPIR using Git. >> >> The four main differences between SVN and Git that you have to >> remember are the following: >> >> * trunk in svn is called master in git. Most developers will work in >> master. (Branches are possible just like svn, but you'll need to learn >> more about git to do that.) >> >> * after doing git commit (similar to svn commit) there is an extra >> step required to make your commits public, namely: git push. This >> pushes all your changes to the public repo. You can make as many >> commits as you like before you make them public with git push. Unlike >> svn commit, git commit only makes commits to your local repo, not to >> the public one. The extra step, git push, takes them all the way to >> the public repo. >> >> * To keep up-to-date with the main development repo, you have to, >> every now and again do: git pull bill (this is the equivalent of svn >> up) >> >> * Other users do not automatically get your changes unless I merge >> them into the main repo. For that, you have to tell me when you have >> pushed changes to your public repo. (Users can pull directly from one >> another, but you need to learn more about git to do that.) >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Bill. > > > I now have my GIT repository (https://github.com/BrianGladman/mpir) for MPIR > up at GITHUB and I have added the build files for Visual Studio 2012. > > Brian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
