On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Peter Avalos wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:30:02AM +0530, Saifi Khan wrote: > > Hi: > > > > On installing DragonFly 2.4.1 from the DVD, there is a .git/ > > directory that is created in /usr/src. > > > > Running the command 'git tag' does not show 'v2.4.1' > > > > v2.0.1 > > v2.1.1 > > v2.2.0 > > v2.2.1 > > v2.3.0 > > v2.3.1 > > v2.4.0 > > > > how do i add 'v2.4.1' tag to .git/ > > so that i can later do a 'git pull' ? > > > > I think you're confused about what a tag is in git. Basically it is > just an alias for a specific state of the repository. When you do a > 'git pull', it will update all the tags for you. I think want you're > getting at is wanting a specific branch. The DragonFly_RELEASE_2_4 > branch will get you the latest 2.4 code. > > --Peter >
Thanks Peter for your reply. What is the purpose of the .git/ directory in /usr/src at the time the user installs DragonFlyBSD from the DVD ? This artifact is not seen in the DragonFlyBSD CD i386 or AMD64. If the user needs the source code, (s)he can very well follow approach 1: as outlined at http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/developer/TypicalGitUsage/ or approach 2: run the Makefile (in /usr directory) and target 'src-create' thanks Saifi.