[MacPorts] #64142: New Port - ntpstat

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#64142: New Port - ntpstat
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  Reporter:  RobK88      |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  submission  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  ntpstat     |
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Comment (by RobK88):

 @Renee and Ryan -- I apologize for messing up my first Pull Request (PR).
 I am new to a DISTRIBUTED CVS like GitHib. In fact when I started to
 program in the 70s on mainframes using punch cards, CVS type systems did
 not even exist.

 What confused me in the Macports Guide were the terms git and Github. In
 my view, the documentation should make it clear that the term `git` DOES
 NOT include a repo on `github.com`. (I am sure that experienced developers
 who use `git` and `Github` would not confuse the two. But that is not the
 case for `git` newbies). And unfortunately, the capabilities of GitHub.com
 is more limited than a local git repo (as I just discovered).  e.g One
 cannot amend a commit on GitHub.com without amending the commit on a local
 git repo and pushing the changes to GitHib.com.

 For Macports Pull Requests, it looks like one needs to clone the Macports
 GitHub repo to a local git repo on their own Mac, make a branch, make
 changes, commit, rebase etc and then make a Pull Request (PR) from the
 branch of the local git repo to the Macport Github site. And optionally
 one can push one's changes from the local git repo to one's personal
 GitHub.com repo (which was presumably forked or cloned from the Macports
 GitHub repo earlier).

 The Macports Guide does not mention using `git commit --amend` on the
 local git repo and a force PR for future small changes but I agree that is
 a wise approach to minimize the number of commits that you need to deal
 with.  I will get the hang of it for future contributions to Macports.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64142#comment:10>
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