From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some question about external method of elpa Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87a7l7397k.fsf@163.com> <87d0q0w9ru.fsf@163.com> <878t0ow7tz.fsf@163.com> <874lbcw6e8.fsf@163.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1545073688 8364 195.159.176.226 (17 Dec 2018 19:08:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:08:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Feng Shu" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 17 20:08:04 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gYyFH-00026F-Np for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:08:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYyHO-000853-Du for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39777) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYyBG-0003Gv-4r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYyBD-0000lt-En for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:54 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:57664) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gYyBD-0000kU-8z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:51 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id wBHJ3frp011333; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:41 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4014A6AA6E; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:03:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <874lbcw6e8.fsf@163.com> (Feng Shu's message of "Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:54:23 +0800") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6440=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6440> : inlines <6986> : streams <1807413> : uri <2766141> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:231889 Archived-At: >> If you explain/show me which part of README made you think `make >> externals` was needed, I can try and correct it, yes. > I suggest to move the below part to: To install all the packages "in > place". I'd rather keep it in the "externals" section, since that's what it's about. How 'bout the patch below instead? Stefan diff --git a/README b/README index 8c85210de..bc52eb44b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -229,12 +229,14 @@ In the `external' case, the copy of the code is not kept in `master` but in the To add a new externals package, first add this `elpa.git' repository as a new remote in your existing repository. Then push a local branch to a -new remote branch in `elpa.git', named externals/. For example: +new remote branch in `elpa.git', named `externals/`. For example: git push elpa :externals/ Then edit the `externals-list' file as mentioned above, and push that -change to `elpa's master branch. +change to `elpa's master branch. After it's added to the `externals-list' +file, the package can be maintained just by pushing changes to the +`externals/` branch. You can check out all the external packages into the `packages' directory with the command: