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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2012-08-05 16:52:22 +0300
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-Mon Oct 24 21:50:18 IST 2011
+Sun Aug 5 16:25:58 IDT 2012
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If you are reading this, you have retrieved the gawk code base via
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ Gawk Maintainer
Here are some questions and answers related to using git compiled
by several of the gawk maintainers.
+- I don't want to mess with git. Can I just get a tarball of a branch without
+ a lot of hassle?
+
+Yes. Use something like this:
+
+ wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/snapshot/gawk-BRANCH-NAME.tar.gz
+
+Put the right thing in place of BRANCH-NAME.
+
- How can I check out the GIT repository ?
Depending upon your working habits, there are several options.
@@ -232,7 +241,7 @@ Now I want to catch up with recent changes in the master branch.
- I have made stupid changes to a file and want the original back, how ?
- svn checkout file_name.ext
+ git checkout file_name.ext
This will only work if the file was not yet committed.
If you have already committed the change and want back the