From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Git tips for Emacs development (was Re: Move to git is imminent - awaiting Stefan's approval) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:37:44 +0000 Message-ID: <87ppo4yt53.fsf_-_@ferrier.me.uk> References: <52CB2AB0.4080505@alice.it> <877gachfza.fsf@igel.home> <52CBD5CC.4020804@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389091077 26985 80.91.229.3 (7 Jan 2014 10:37:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:37:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas Schwab , emacs To: Angelo Graziosi Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 11:38:04 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W0U2t-0003zG-OZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:38:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39739 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0U2t-0000QQ-Aj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33179) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0U2l-0000LM-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0U2e-0001qg-EZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:34338 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0U2e-0001qc-83 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:37:48 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7FD77AC0A7B; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 11:51:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF265BC024E; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:37:44 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <52CBD5CC.4020804@alice.it> (Angelo Graziosi's message of "Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:24:12 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167587 Archived-At: Angelo Graziosi writes: > Instead, trying > > $ git clone --depth 1 git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git emacs.git > > the local repository has dimension 160M which is a little greater than > my current BZR (checkout --lightweight) repository (126M), but acceptable... > > Suppose now I want identify which "revision" introduced a bug. I am able > to do this with a binary search using the BZR command > > $ bzr up -r ARG What does ARG do in this context? > How can I do this with the "minimal" clone done with GIT? > > > I hope someone creates a Wiki page with all these doubts clarified with > explicit examples... :-) http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs is the start of one. Do add questions. Nic