From cca6a8d7e525edb232160046d074fff16a76bbb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:31:08 +0200 Subject: tweak HACKING advice --- HACKING | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index d61644392..b40ff0058 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ That downloads the entire repository, including revision control history dating back to 1991. The repository (the part you download, and which resides in coreutils/.git) currently weighs in at about 30MB. So you don't want to download it more often than necessary. Once downloaded, -you can get incremental updates by running this command from inside -your new coreutils/ directory: +you can get incremental updates by running one of these commands from +inside your new coreutils/ directory: +If you have made *no* changes: git pull +If you *have* made changes and committed them to "master", do this: + git fetch + git rebase origin + *Before* you commit changes =========================== -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2