If I modify some files in haiku tree, would they be overwritten when I run "git
pull" and there is an upstream update for one or more of those files?
I keep Haiku trees in ~/haiku directory with subdirectories haiku, buildtools,
haikuporter, haikuports.cross and haikuports.
I would want to modify some of those files that contain the string
HOST_PLATFORM, and would put a copy of everything I changed somewhere else for
safekeeping so I could restore and merge as needed.
From ~/haiku directory, I run
grep -Rn "HOST_PLATFORM" 2>&1 | tee HOST_PLATFORM.lst
if I am running sh or bash shell, or
grep -Rn "HOST_PLATFORM" |& tee HOST_PLATFORM.lst
if I am running csh or tcsh shell.
I would want to get all upstream updates and make changes if needed after
rerunning grep search for HOST_PLATFORM string.
Purpose of this would be to see if I could adapt for NetBSD while not upsetting
anything for other HOST_PLATFORMs.
This is really a question about git, where what I think should happen might be
at variance with how git actually works. I am trying to avoid messing up.
Tom
