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| author | Sergei Zhmylev <zhmylove@narod.ru> | 2025-01-19 14:10:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-08-31 18:54:28 +0000 |
| commit | 50735390bd3ed510a067085d617ba0e0d050b029 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ecd81c17527009ef1b193e49badf08e99ae8283 | |
| parent | 12fd818f81f24cc8a01b5120aa03c4107722ee77 (diff) | |
handbook: Add git switch info for shallow clones
Signed-off-by: Sergei Zhmylev <zhmylove@narod.ru>
Reviewed-by: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc index 725e00331c..a6e68a7137 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc @@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ If more control over the ports tree is needed or if local changes need to be mai Git can be used to obtain the Ports Collection. Refer to extref:{committers-guide}[the Git Primer, git-primer] for a detailed description of Git. -We add --depth 1 to the git command line to clone the tree without obtaining the commit history, which saves time and is acceptable for most users. -When maintaining custom changes to the ports tree, or need the history for any reason, omit the --depth 1 argument below. +We add `--depth 1` to the git command line to clone the tree without obtaining the commit history, which saves time and is acceptable for most users. +When maintaining custom changes to the ports tree, or need the history for any reason, omit the `--depth 1` argument below. . Git must be installed before it can be used to check out the ports tree. If a copy of the ports tree is already present, install Git like this: + @@ -773,7 +773,8 @@ If the ports tree is not available, or pkg is being used to manage packages, Git + [source,shell] .... -# git -C /usr/ports switch 2023Q1 +# git -C /usr/ports fetch --depth 1 origin 2023Q2:2023Q2 +# git -C /usr/ports switch 2023Q2 .... **** |
