Help with git

[Nick Krause]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Nuno Martins <nuno.m.g.martins at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:25:06 -0400, Nick Krause said:
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>> >>> 1. git clone linux-next
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>> >> Before you do the git add, you *really* want to create a branch for
>> >> yourself to work on.
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>> >>> 2. git add file changed
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>> >> Because otherwise this will get dumped on one of 200+ linux-next
>> >> branches
>> >> and cause acute indigestion the next time you do a 'git remote update'.
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>> > That was stupid :(. Guess I known how to do it now.
>> > Thanks Nick
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>> I am tried your idea and not working. Really weird, seems I am not
>> using the correct commands.
>> The commands I am using are
>> 1.git branch next
>> 2.git remote add -t master -f next
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git
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>> And that's it. I hit the git message of this,
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>> usage: git remote add [<options>] <name> <url>
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>>     -f, --fetch           fetch the remote branches
>>     --tags                import all tags and associated objects when
>> fetching
>>                           or do not fetch any tag at all (--no-tags)
>>     -t, --track <branch>  branch(es) to track
>>     -m, --master <branch>
>>                           master branch
>>     --mirror[=<push|fetch>]
>>                           set up remote as a mirror to push to or fetch
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>> Nick
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> I believe you didn't add a name for that remote yet.
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> Probably you need to give it a name to that new remote (eg. nextremotename)
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> 2.git remote add -t master -f next nextremotename
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git
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> Cheers,
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> Nuno Martins
Thanks Numo,
Would you mind asking Greg if he wants some help with staging clean up
as he is very upset with me after me
not listening and I own it to him to help help him out.
Cheers Nick