On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:35:21 -0700 Brad Bell <bradbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Recently, epel7 was added to the pkgdb > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/cppad/ > Would someone please explain the following: > 1. Why is one branch called el6 and the next epel7 instead of > el7 ? because epel7 better fits the EPEL project, I suppose > 2. Why is there a .csvignore file in the initial epel7 branch ? because the epel7 branch was branched off the very first commit (F-7, F-8 times) in the repo > 3. Should I just copy or git merge files from the master branch > to epel7 ? yes, you can do a merge with master or some other branch or do whatever you need Dan > After executing > git show-ref > part of what I get is > ab35867f883d9fa854d3f1ab78e90f4741fa9610 refs/heads/el6 > d9722dc5ceb9438715a9f519729556b1a80ad9ed refs/heads/epel7 > 18cc6ccdeadc7c611ed33c0cd1c25cd375a3cd53 refs/heads/f22 > 18cc6ccdeadc7c611ed33c0cd1c25cd375a3cd53 refs/heads/f23 > 18cc6ccdeadc7c611ed33c0cd1c25cd375a3cd53 refs/heads/master > > After executing > fedpkg switch-branch master > ls -a -l > part of what I get is > -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 20481 Jan 2 15:48 cppad.spec > drwxrwxr-x. 8 bradbell bradbell 4096 Jan 2 15:48 .git > -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 536 Jan 2 15:48 .gitignore > drwxrwxr-x. 3 bradbell bradbell 4096 Jan 1 08:09 > results_cppad -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 59 Jan 2 15:48 > sources > > After executing > fedpkg switch-branch epel7 > ls -a -l > part of what I get is > -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 0 Jan 2 15:50 .cvsignore > drwxrwxr-x. 8 bradbell bradbell 4096 Jan 2 15:50 .git > -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 770 Jan 2 15:50 Makefile > drwxrwxr-x. 3 bradbell bradbell 4096 Jan 1 08:09 > results_cppad -rw-rw-r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 0 Jan 2 15:50 > sources > > > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
