On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 01:40:28PM +0100, ti...@piments.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> there seems to be a problem with the instructions in unix/README given
> to recover xorg tree
>
> # git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/xserver xorg
> Initialized empty Git repository in /root/gcc/xorg/.git/
> remote: Counting objects: 114576, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (27396/27396), done.
> remote: Total 114576 (delta 91875), reused 107735 (delta 86267)
> Receiving objects: 100% (114576/114576), 33.36 MiB | 296 KiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (91875/91875), done.
>
> # cd xorg
>
> # git checkout origin/server-1.5-branch
> Note: checking out 'origin/server-1.5-branch'.
>
> You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
> changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
> state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.
>
> If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
> do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
>
> git checkout -b new_branch_name
>
> HEAD is now at e1edd9e... security: Grant untrusted windows remove
> access on all windows.
>
>
>
> So either my head has become detached ;) or the instructions need updating.
>
> git version 1.7.0.4
>
> I can't make out from git --help what this needs to be now.
>
> Any hints on an update for the instructions?
Hello,
does it cause any problem when HEAD is in detached state? You can
simply copy ("cp -r") all sources and compile Xvnc, can't you?
Regards, Adam
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