Third Party Sources, git, and you

jshiffer@zerotao.org (Jason Shiffer) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This is not a “new idea” but I can never find it when I need it. So if you too want to track some third party package that is not already in git (if it is then just fork it) then I suggest this method. Initial import $ mkdir <package> $ cd <package> $ tar -xzf <package>.tar.gz --strip-components 1 $ git add . $ git commit -m "Import version X.

Great Step by Step Tutorial of how GIT works

jshiffer@zerotao.org (Jason Shiffer) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Having difficulty grasping GIT? Unsure when you should pull vs. fetch vs. rebase?

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Third Party Sources, git, and you

Great Step by Step Tutorial of how GIT works