On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Howard Miller <howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm missing the point here though. Where/when do I actually add the > new pristine code? If I checkout, as you suggest, my initial commit I > just have (say) v1.0 of the vendor's code. I can't just copy (say) > version 1.2 on top as the files probably won't match one-one. > > Sorry - I'm probably completely failing to understand. Try this: cd mygitproject git rm -rf . cp -a /tmp/wherever/vendor-1.2/. . git add . git commit Don't worry, git won't double-store files that are identical between the old 1.0 and new 1.2 versions. Avery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html