be4311c07e14feb728abc6425ee606ffaa611a58 markd Fri Jan 22 06:46:58 2021 -0800 merge with master diff --git src/hg/htdocs/admin/git.html src/hg/htdocs/admin/git.html index 5b6207d..9cdd9d0 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/admin/git.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/admin/git.html @@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
Install Git:
Install Git software version 1.6.2.2 or later. See the Git Community Handbook
-installation and
-setup
+installation and
+setup
instructions, as well as our Installing git Genomewiki page.
Start an initial Git local repository:
$ git clone git://genome-source.soe.ucsc.edu/kent.git
Or, if a firewall prevents git daemon port 9418, use:
$ git clone http://genome-source.soe.ucsc.edu/kent.git
The kent source tree will be imported to the current working directory in a directory named ./kent/.
Track the beta branch at UCSC repository:
Most users want to use the beta branch, which has tested, released versions of the browser. To
-create a beta tracking
+create a beta tracking
branch:
$ cd kent
$ git checkout -t -b beta origin/beta
The -b creates a local branch with the name "beta", and checks it out.
The -t makes it a tracking branch, so that "git pull" pulls in updates from
origin/beta, the "real" beta branch in our public central read-only
repository.
To get the latest UCSC release:
Type this command From anywhere within the kent source tree:
$ git pull