[brailleblaster] Re: Repositories
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:48:05 -0500
To all,
These changes were decided upon by the steering committee, since there
is very little in the old version that is needed now.
Michael may disagree, but personally I am just going to get a new clone
of the brailleblaster repository.
John
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:56:57PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> You will have seen two commit messages recently. These relate to me
> switching what is the default repository.
>
> * brailleblaster.newdesign has been copied to the default repository.
> * The original default repository has been copied to brailleblaster.old.
>
> So if you wish to use the old version of BrailleBlaster (not
> recommended) use the repository at
> http://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster.old
>
> If you want to use the newer version then use the repository at
> http://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster
>
> For those who have existing clones on their system you may push or pull
> by specifying the appropriate URL, eg. if pulling the new code then
> please use:
> hg pull http://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster
> Similar when pushing:
> hg push https://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster
>
> You need not create a new clone to not need to type these URLs, but you
> will need to edit a configuration file. Here is how to change your clone
> of brailleblaster.newdesign to commit to the default repository:
> * In your clone open the file: .hg/hgrc in a text editor (notepad will do).
> * The configuration file is in the .ini type format. Fine the paths
> section, it should be a line with just [paths] on it.
> * In the [paths] section you should find a line beginning with default =
> * Change the URL on the default line to reflect the default repository URL:
> default = https://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster
> NOTE: you can add your username in the URL so you need not give it:
> default = https://<username>@code.google.com/p/brailleblaster
> where <username> is your google username.
>
> I plan to remove the newdesign repository soon so that there cannot be
> accidental use of the wrong repository.
>
> Michael Whapples
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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