New package: git

[Reece Dunn]

package: git

url: ​http://git.or.cz/

category: source control

proposed BLFS category: chapter 18 - basic networking programs

version: 1.5.1.3

download: ​http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.5.1.3.tar.bz2

dependencies: openssl, cURL, expat

description: A distributed source control system used by various projects (the Linux kernel, wine, cairo and others).

build (with cURL and expat):

    make HOME=/usr install

build (without cURL and expat):

    make HOME=/usr NO_CURL=1 install

NOTES: Not tried building the documentation or running the tests yet. (See ​http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/WindowsInstall for documentation and test dependencies.)

[dnicholson@…]

I would love to see git get in the book. If no other editors object, I'll work on this (at some point).

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

Runtime dependencies: cpio, tcl/tk, openssh In addition, asccidoc and xmlto as build dependencies to build the documentation.

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

git 1.5.6 has been released.

Changes to the build system.

• there is no dependency anymore in the 'curl' executable, just to 'libcurl'

• "git clone" has been rewritten, as a result dependency in 'cpio' removed

Release announcement at:

​http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/6/18/2165654

[Armin K]

git has been recently added in BLFS SVN. Marking as fixed.

[bdubbs@…]

Milestone renamed