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

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2017-05-30 22:19, Bo Berglund wrote:
> 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...

Git is native on all supported platforms now.

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

When you install Git under Windows using the official installer, it 
includes Bash Shell integration and a shortcut on the desktop. So the 
above commands will work as-is on Windows too.

But you can obviously run a non-Bash shell/console under Windows. Then 
simply replace the Unix-style paths with Windows variants. The git-init 
command stays the same.


> So this should not be created inside some user home then?

You can create Git repositories wherever you want and have read/write 
access. My "/data" path is simply by 8TB ZFS data pool, where I do all 
my work and store all vital data. You can use your $HOME directory 
(whatever that translates to on your OS) just as well.

If you are going to share your Git repositories stored on your system 
with the public, then better make sure you set up your system's file 
permissions correctly, or use a dedicated "shared location" on your 
system. Alternatively don't make your laptop or desktop directly 
accessible to the public on the Internet, instead push your repository 
to a public and secure server somewhere (eg: Github, SourceForge etc).

You mentioned you wanted to play around with Git and get to grips with 
it - hence I suggested a local setup without the need of a RPi or some 
other device.


> 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...

The Linux distros are to blame for that - more specifically ther 
incompatible "package management requirements". I always install git 
from source code and compile it myself (like I do with FPC and Lazarus 
too). Everything is then included - as it should be. Linux distros f*ck 
everything up and split it into multiple packages. eg: git-core, 
git-base, git-gui, git-subversion, git-docs etc. G*d damn ridiculous if 
you ask me!


> 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...

I just had a look. The links used to be on the Table Of Contents page, 
but for some odd reason they aren't there any more. No stress, The 
Internet Archive always comes to the rescue.

This is how it used to look like around 01 March 2017.

   http://web.archive.org/web/20170301183218/https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2


The individual eBook downloads from that page still works though.

  PDF:
    https://progit2.s3.amazonaws.com/en/2016-03-22-f3531/progit-en.1084.pdf

  ePub:
    https://progit2.s3.amazonaws.com/en/2016-03-22-f3531/progit-en.1084.epub

  Mobi:
    https://progit2.s3.amazonaws.com/en/2016-03-22-f3531/progit-en.1084.mobi

  HTML:
    https://progit2.s3.amazonaws.com/en/2016-03-22-f3531/progit-en.1084.zip


Regards,
   Graeme

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