Re: GIT question - am I doing it correctly?

[Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@hosowicz.com>]

On 03.01.2011 14:48, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 29-12-10 17:23:02, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>> Hello,
>
> Hi,
>
>>
>> Everytime I git pull tyhe Linus' sources but before I build I apply
>> Peter Zijlstra's fixes, Takashi Iwai's sources and Dave Miller's
>> sources. The sequence is:
>>
>> # the Linus' sources
>> git pull
>>
>> # external sources
>> git remote add some_name git://some_URL.git
>>
>> # update
>> git remote update
>>
>> Then configure and I build. I noticed that especially Peter's
>> git-update very quickly, not as long as they did before.
>>
>> Is my procedure correct? I am new to GIT.
>
> What do you want to achieve? You want to build the tree that you have
> added as a remote? If yes then you need to checkout a branch from that
> remote
>
> git checkout -b your_branch_name some_name/branch_you_want
>
> then you will have a new your_branch_name which points to the tip of the
> remote's branch and you can configure and make the tree.
>
> Please note that 'git remote add&&  git remote update' will just add
> commits from that remote tree and it doesn't affect your local copy
> anyhow.

Well, this is exactly answer to my question, but it is straghtly 
contrary to what Peter Zijlstra wrote me. Well, I'll build the kernel 
now your way.

> If you are new to GIT I would strongly encourage you to read through the
> following ebook: http://progit.org/book/

I'am new. Thanks for the URL.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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