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34.Dd December 1, 2008
35.Dt DEVELOPMENT 7
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm development
39.Nd quick starter for development with the DragonFly codebase
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41.Dx
42uses the
43.Xr git 1
44distributed revision control system.
45If it is not already on the system, it needs to be installed via
46.Xr pkgsrc 7
47.Pa ( /usr/pkgsrc/devel/scmgit ) .
48.Pp
49The
50.Sx EXAMPLES
51section gives initial information to get going with development on
52.Dx .
53Please refer to the
54.Xr git 1
55manual pages and other related documents for further information on git's
56capabilities and how to use them.
57.Pp
58For information on how to build the
59.Dx
60system from source code, see
61.Xr build 7 .
62For information on how to build a LiveCD, see
63.Xr release 7 .
64.Sh EXAMPLES
65A fresh copy of the repository can be cloned anywhere.
66Note that the directory to clone into
67.Pa ( /usr/src
68in the following example) must not exist, so all previous work in this
69directory has to be saved and the directory be removed prior to cloning.
70.Pp
71To clone the repository and check out the master branch (this will take
72some time):
73.Bd -literal -offset 4n
74cd /usr
75git clone -o crater git://crater.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git src
76cd src
77.Ed
78.Pp
79The repository can be held up to date by pulling frequently (to set up a
80.Xr cron 8
81job,
82.Xr git 1 Ap s
83.Fl Fl git-dir
84option can be used):
85.Bd -literal -offset 4n
86cd /usr/src
87git pull
88.Ed
89.Pp
90It is not recommended to work directly in the master branch.
91To create and checkout a working branch:
92.Bd -literal -offset 4n
93git checkout -b work
94.Ed
95.Pp
96To create and checkout a branch of the
97.Dx 2.0
98release (called
99.Sy rel2_0 ) :
100.Bd -literal -offset 4n
101git checkout -b rel2_0 crater/DragonFly_RELEASE_2_0
102.Ed
103.Pp
104Branches can be deleted just as easy:
105.Bd -literal -offset 4n
106git branch -d work
107.Ed
108.Pp
109After changes have been made to a branch, they can be committed:
110.Bd -literal -offset 4n
111git commit -a
112.Ed
113.Pp
114.Xr git-commit 1 Ap s
115.Fl m
116and
117.Fl F
118options can be used to specify a commit message on the command line or read
119it from a file, respectively.
120.Pp
121Finally, branches can be merged with the (updated) master by using
122.Cm rebase :
123.Bd -literal -offset 4n
124git checkout master
125git pull
126git checkout work
127git rebase master
128.Ed
129.Sh SEE ALSO
130.Xr git 1 Pq Pa pkgsrc/devel/scmgit ,
131.Xr build 7 ,
132.Xr committer 7 ,
133.Xr release 7
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136.Nm
137manual page was originally written by
138.An Matthew Dillon Aq dillon@FreeBSD.org
139and first appeared
140in
141.Fx 5.0 ,
142December 2002.
143It was rewritten when
144.Dx
145switched to
146.Xr git 1 .
147