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

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2017-05-31 16:10, Bo Berglund wrote:
> The apt-get version of the git I use now is:
> ~/ $git --version
> git version 2.1.4

Yeah, that is a rather old version. The latest is v2.13.

   $ git tag

will show all tagged releases. Just look for the latest one. You can 
also use 'gitk --all' and see what the "next" branch follows on from. In 
the Git project, the "next" branch is what will become the next release.

So simple checkout "next" or if you want a mare stable released version, 
checkout the v2.13 release.

   git checkout v2.13.0

(git will mentioned you have a detached HEAD, but that doesn't matter, 
it just means you don't have a local branch that matches that release 
commit.)


> Is it not påossible to put docs and info below the ~/ dir?
> According to the INSTALL file on the subject of Git install it says:

Yes, it works like most Makefile based environments - and is also 
mentioned in the INSTALL file.... You need to specify the install prefix 
directory.

   $ make prefix=/home/<user>/

Or whatever you want the install prefix to be.

As for building the Git documentation. Yes, that has extra dependencies, 
and from memory takes quite long to build. But the process is very 
similar to building the Git binary itself. All the instructions are in 
the INSTALL file.


Regards,
   Graeme

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