From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Davidson Subject: Re: RPM to GIT tree integration? Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:57:47 -0800 Message-ID: <20090207055747.GA5788@greycastle.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Alex Bennee X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Feb 07 08:59:21 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LVi5w-0000D0-N5 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:59:21 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753161AbZBGH5g (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:57:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752838AbZBGH5f (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:57:35 -0500 Received: from defout.telus.net ([204.209.205.13]:45522 "EHLO defout.telus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752079AbZBGH5f (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:57:35 -0500 Received: from priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net ([66.183.54.107]) by priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20090207055816.UJS1538.priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net@priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net>; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:58:16 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain (d66-183-54-107.bchsia.telus.net [66.183.54.107]) by priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net (BorderWare Security Platform) with ESMTP id 73D70810382F134B; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:58:15 -0700 (MST) Received: from legolas.localdomain ([10.8.0.6]) by localhost.localdomain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n175wEgj016840; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:58:15 -0800 Received: by legolas.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 500) id EE8DA90385B; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:57:47 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: Alex Bennee , git@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 05:05:49PM +0000, Alex Bennee wrote: > This is a wild shot in the dark but I thought I'd better ask in case > some one has. Has anyone created a script/tool that can take a src RPM and > apply it's patches (in sequence) to an existing GIT tree? This may be what you are looking for: http://www.gnome.org/~federico/news-2008-07.html#rpm2git > In my case I just want a GIT tree for a vendor kernel. I could just > prep an SRC RPM and commit the thing wholesale into GIT and start > hacking but then I'd loose all the history benefits. There is also a "How to use rpm2git" screencast: http://blip.tv/file/1155469 -- James Davidson (o_ james@greycastle.net //\ http://moria.greycastle.net/ V_/_