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@settitle Using git to develop FFmpeg
@settitle Using Git to develop FFmpeg
@titlepage
@center @titlefont{Using git to develop FFmpeg}
@center @titlefont{Using Git to develop FFmpeg}
@end titlepage
@top
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@chapter Introduction
This document aims in giving some quick references on a set of useful git
This document aims in giving some quick references on a set of useful Git
commands. You should always use the extensive and detailed documentation
provided directly by git:
provided directly by Git:
@example
git --help
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shows information about the subcommand <command>.
Additional information could be found on the
@url{http://gitref.org, Git Reference} website
@url{http://gitref.org, Git Reference} website.
For more information about the Git project, visit the
@url{http://git-scm.com/, Git website}
@url{http://git-scm.com/, Git website}.
Consult these resources whenever you have problems, they are quite exhaustive.
What follows now is a basic introduction to Git and some FFmpeg-specific
guidelines to ease the contribution to the project
guidelines to ease the contribution to the project.
@chapter Basics Usage
@section Get GIT
@section Get Git
You can get git from @url{http://git-scm.com/}
You can get Git from @url{http://git-scm.com/}
Most distribution and operating system provide a package for it.
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git rm [-r] <filename/dirname>
@end example
GIT needs to get notified of all changes you make to your working
Git needs to get notified of all changes you make to your working
directory that makes files appear or disappear.
Line moves across files are automatically tracked.
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git log <filename(s)>
@end example
You may also use the graphical tools like gitview or gitk or the web
interface available at http://source.ffmpeg.org/
You may also use the graphical tools like @command{gitview} or @command{gitk}
or the web interface available at @url{http://source.ffmpeg.org/}.
@section Checking source tree status
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to double check your changes before committing them to avoid trouble later
on. All experienced developers do this on each and every commit, no matter
how small.
Every one of them has been saved from looking like a fool by this many times.
It's very easy for stray debug output or cosmetic modifications to slip in,
please avoid problems through this extra level of scrutiny.
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git add [-i|-p|-A] <filenames/dirnames>
@end example
Make sure you have told git your name and email address
Make sure you have told Git your name and email address
@example
git config --global user.name "My Name"
git config --global user.email my@@email.invalid
@end example
Use @var{--global} to set the global configuration for all your git checkouts.
Use @option{--global} to set the global configuration for all your Git checkouts.
Git will select the changes to the files for commit. Optionally you can use
the interactive or the patch mode to select hunk by hunk what should be
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Possibly make the commit message have a terse, descriptive first line, an
empty line and then a full description. The first line will be used to name
the patch by git format-patch.
the patch by @command{git format-patch}.
@section Preparing a patchset
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@section Finding a specific svn revision
Since version 1.7.1 git supports @var{:/foo} syntax for specifying commits
Since version 1.7.1 Git supports @samp{:/foo} syntax for specifying commits
based on a regular expression. see man gitrevisions
@example
git show :/'as revision 23456'
@end example
will show the svn changeset @var{r23456}. With older git versions searching in
will show the svn changeset @samp{r23456}. With older Git versions searching in
the @command{git log} output is the easiest option (especially if a pager with
search capabilities is used).
This commit can be checked out with
@example
git checkout -b svn_23456 :/'as revision 23456'
@end example
or for git < 1.7.1 with
or for Git < 1.7.1 with
@example
git checkout -b svn_23456 $SHA1
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where @var{$SHA1} is the commit hash from the @command{git log} output.
@chapter pre-push checklist
@chapter Pre-push checklist
Once you have a set of commits that you feel are ready for pushing,
work through the following checklist to doublecheck everything is in
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First, make sure that the commits and branches you are going to push
match what you want pushed and that nothing is missing, extraneous or
wrong. You can see what will be pushed by running the git push command
with --dry-run first. And then inspecting the commits listed with
with @option{--dry-run} first. And then inspecting the commits listed with
@command{git log -p 1234567..987654}. The @command{git status} command
may help in finding local changes that have been forgotten to be added.
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@itemize
@item @command{make distclean}
@item @command{/path/to/ffmpeg/configure}
@item @command{make check}
@item @command{make fate}
@item if fate fails due to missing samples run @command{make fate-rsync} and retry
@end itemize
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@chapter Server Issues
Contact the project admins @email{root@@ffmpeg.org} if you have technical
problems with the GIT server.
Contact the project admins at @email{root@@ffmpeg.org} if you have technical
problems with the Git server.
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