Rt2x00 GIT instructions

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Contents 1 INITIAL SETUP 1.1 STEP 1 - Install GIT 1.2 STEP 2 - Install Cogito 1.3 STEP 3 - Clone a copy of our master repository for your local use 1.4 STEP 4 - Configure some GIT settings 1.5 STEP 5 - Create YOUR branch 2 DAILY DEVELOPMENT COMMANDS 3 ACCESS THE WEB INTERFACE

INITIAL SETUP

STEP 1 - Install GIT

1. Make sure you have curl installed
2. Check that your distro doesn't have a package that you can just install
3. If it doesn't, grab http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.5.0.5.tar.gz
4. Extract then 'make; make prefix=/usr/local install'

STEP 2 - Install Cogito

1. Check that your distro doesn't have a package that you can just install
2. Otherwise, grab http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/cogito-0.18.1.tar.gz
3. Extract then 'make; make prefix=/usr/local install'

STEP 3 - Clone a copy of our master repository for your local use

1. cg clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git/         (include the trailing slash !!)
2. wait. ages.
3. cd rt2x00

STEP 4 - Configure some GIT settings

1. git-config remote.upload.url git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git/
2. git-config user.name "My name goes here"
3. git-config user.email "My email goes here"

STEP 5 - Create YOUR branch

1. Make up a branch name, like "serialmonkey". Replace "serialmonkey" below with your branch name
2. git branch serialmonkey
3. git checkout serialmonkey

DAILY DEVELOPMENT COMMANDS

To commit a change in your local branch and push it to your branch on the server (i.e. cvs commit)

1. cg commit -e
2. An editor will fire up and you can enter in your commit description which should appear as per below 

     rt2x00: subject of the patch

     Description of the patch you are commiting. Make sure you include the blank line below.

     Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random at developer.example.org>

To update your branch with the latest from the master branch on the server

1. git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git/ master:master
1.1: Altenative to updating: cg-update
2. git checkout serialmonkey      (replace with your branch name)
3. git merge master

To make a patch from your branch to send to rt2400-devel

1. Make sure you first have an uptodate branch from master (as per above)
2. git-format-patch master
3. git-send-email patchfilename     (replace with the filename of the patch(s) given by the command above)
4. Fill in your from address and put rt2400- devel at lists.sourceforge.net as the TO address

ACCESS THE WEB INTERFACE

Goto http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=summary

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