How do I merge my own fork with updates from the main fork

[Gerben Wierda]

Thanks.

> On 24 Aug 2019, at 12:40, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> I recommend changing [the setup] so the primary macports repo is called origin, and you call your fork something. Things tend to work more smoothly this way.

OK. So how do I rename these? Or how should I have created them in the first place? I can of course throw everything away and start anew. At this point, I need to find out how to get back to a working situation.

> If you have unstated changes, you have to stash them before rebasing.

’stash’ is just ‘move them out of the way’ or is it something git?

> That is why I suggested to use 
> 
> sudo port sync
> 
> as it handles all this for you. Under the hood it does
> 
> git pull —rebase —autostash origin master
> 
> assuming origin is the primary MacPorts repo.

Aha.

I have of course two repos:

/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports
~/MacPortsDev/macports-ports

And my sources.conf says:

file:///Users/sysbh/MacPortsDev/macports-ports
rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default]

So that ~/MacPortsDev/macports-ports is the tree used for the port install etc. commands

> B.t.w. Its very much bad practise to make new commits directly to the master branch of your own fork. You should keep your master clean and only pull into it from the primary macports master, using the commands I just sent around.

Yeah, I understand. It was the current status though.

I have been trying to follow instructions but I am trying to prevent to have to become a git expert (there is insufficient time for that available, such as studying a whole git book). Just knowing some basic recipes for actions/steps lets me concentrate on the actual stuff I want to do that is potentially contributing to ports.

G
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