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The following paragraphs are provisional content during the (doc) migration from dist-cvs to dist-git is happening.
Git config needs
A config problem has been discovered which may make fedpkg push or fedpkg commit -p or even git push not understand your intentions. As a short term work around, you can run: git config --global --add push.default tracking
A config problem has been discovered which may make fedpkg push or fedpkg commit -p or even git push not understand your intentions. As a short term work around, you can run: git config --global --add push.default tracking
Here is a basic table of equivalent commands:
| OLD CVS | NEW GIT | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cvs checkout libfoo | fedpkg clone libfoo | Note that branches are not separated out by directory with this command. To switch to a different branch with this layout, run: fedpkg switch-branch f13 |
| cvs checkout libfoo (ALTERNATE) | fedpkg clone -B libfoo | This command creates the same branch/directory layout that was used with cvs. |
| cvs update | git pull | fedpkg will get a pull soon. |
| cvs commit . | fedpkg commit -p | |
| cvs commit -m 'breaking things' . | fedpkg commit -m 'breaking things' -p | |
| cvs commit -F clog . | fedpkg commit -F clog -p | Use the contents of file "clog" as the commit message. |
| make clog | fedpkg clog | Create the "clog" file from the %changelog of the specfile. |
| make tag | N/A | Explicitly tagging source states for package builds is no longer necessary. |
| make build | fedpkg build | |
| BUILD_FLAGS="--nowait" make build | fedpkg build --nowait | If you don't want to wait for the build to complete before freeing up the shell. |
| make prep | fedpkg prep | |
| make chain-build CHAIN='foo bar : baz' | fedpkg chain-build foo bar : baz | Just like before, the current directory package is always added to the end of the CHAIN list. |
| make scratch-build | fedpkg scratch-build | |
| make local | fedpkg local | |
| make x86_64 | fedpkg local --arch x86_64 | |
| make upload FILES='apollo starbuck' | fedpkg upload apollo starbuck | Remember, this adds new source files without replacing others. |
| make new-sources FILES='red_fish blue_fish' | fedpkg new-sources red_fish blue_fish | This replaces any existing source files. |
| make help | fedpkg -h | |
| ./cvs-import.sh libfoo-1.2-3.src.rpm | mkdir libfoo cd libfoo fedpkg import libfoo-1.2-3.src.rpm (Review Changes) fedpkg commit -p |
Some links related to dist-git:
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/ broken, and listing 10K+ packages does not work anyway
- PackageMaintainers/Git_Admin_Requests (was CVS_admin_requests and PackageMaintainers/CVSAdminProcedure)
Some links related to the actual migration to dist-git:
- [[]]
Basic changes:
- fedpkg replaces make
- git replaces cvs
Some links needing migration follow. Note that after migration texts might better refer to generic SCM instead of a specific name like cvs or git:
- PackageMaintainers/NewPackageProcess contains CVS specific parts
- PackageMaintainers/UsingCvsFaq obsolete, start PackageMaintainers/UsingGitFaq?
- Package_Renaming_Process trivial fixes neede
- CVS_access_for_package_maintainers lots to do,
- PackageMaintainers/BuildRequests fedpkg instead of make
- PackageMaintainers/PackagingTricks contains references to cvs, make
- Package_update_HOWTO references cvs+make
- PackageMaintainers/BuildSystemClientSetup#Install_the_Client_Tools_.28Koji.29 references cvs+make
- PackageMaintainers/MockTricks#How_do_I_use_Mock.3F talks about "CVS sandbox"
- PackageMaintainers/Packaging_Tricks
- Package_Review_Process talks about CVS
- Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle talks about CVS
This list probably is not complete.