PLD Linux Distribution

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Changes to Developer

First you should get yourself git based tools.

Action	Before (CVS)	After (Git)
add new package	../builder -a PKG or cvs add PKGDIR	builder -a PKG or slug.py init PKG
rename package	send rename request to cvsadmin@	slug.py move PKG1 PKG2
delete package	remove all sources from cvs	ask admin to run ssh git@pld-linux.org trash PKG
update from remote	cvs up	git pull --rebase
checkin single file	cvs ci file.foo	git add file.foo; git commit; git push
checkin all changes	cvs ci	git commit -a; git push
find string from all packages	grep -r oauth_ SPECS
list all pkgs	cvs ls packages	slug.py list
see old patches	look into `Attic/` in cvsweb	git log --pretty=format: --name-only --diff-filter=D
restore old removed file	look into `Attic/` in cvsweb and `cvs up -jHEAD -j$DEAD_REV` and commit	1. get sha: git log -- FILE 2. get contents: git show HASH:FILE
convert last autotag into branch	./builder -T ICU_4_8 -r auto-th-xxx icu.spec ./builder -g -r ICU_4_8 icu.spec cvs tag -b -F ICU_4_8 icu.spec cvs ci -m '- ...' icu.spec