[fpc-other] GIT versioning server on Raspberry Pi?

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 30 May 2017 15:37:30 +0100, Graeme Geldenhuys
<mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:

>On 2017-05-30 06:53, Bo Berglund wrote:
>> OK, I did not have in mind to use an RPi3 as the final system. I just
>> wanted to acquaint myself with GIT using a small portable unit over
>> the summer.
>
>In that case, you don't even need a RPi... Simply practice by doing the 
>following on your local system:

Since my local system is a Windows 7 laptop I have to resort to an RPi
to get the Linux system for which the commands are native...

>   mkdir /data/myremote.git
>   cd /data/myremote.git
>   git init --share --bare .

So this should not be created inside some user home then? In some
documents I found a new user "gituser" is created and in his home is
where they placed the master repository.

>You just created your remote [bare] git repository. The term "bare" 
>means that there is no checked out files. If you view that directory it 
>simply shows all the normally hidden files that git uses to manage a 
>repository.
>
>Now for your working repository where you will do you day-to-day commits:
>
>   cd /data/devel/
>   git clone /data/myremote.git/ mywork
>
>You will now have a Git repository in /data/devel/mywork/ which is a 
>clone of the /data/myremote.git repository. It as automatically set up 
>the "origin" as your Remote Git Repo. So if you to a git-push, the data 
>will go to "origin"
>
>Now playing around in this "mywork" repository. Create commits and 
>branches. Then do a git-push and magically you will have updated the 
>"origin" remote git repo too (which in this case is /data/myremote.git/)
>
>What you learn here, is exactly how you would do things with a real 
>remote repository.
>
>I highly recommend everybody interested in using Git reads the free and 
>open source "Pro Git" book [https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2]. It is 
>available online or offline in various formats (PDF, ePub etc). Is is 
>well written, fast to read and with tons of real-world Git examples.

I have read a few chapters on-line, including installing git using the
command:
sudo apt-get install git-all

which (of course) differs from the commands I have found in various
other how-to pages concerning git...

I would very much like to have a PDF copy since I usually find that
easier to read than using on-line webpage versions of books.
Could not find the PDF though...


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden