[Libreoffice] Some hints about git please...

[Miklos Vajna]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 11:02:56PM +0100, Gert Faller <gertfaller at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> 1) I update the 'clone' directory often. No problem with that.
> 2) I've read that when updating 'clone', 'bin/g' must be run.
>    I don't find any 'g' in ./bin/.
> 3) I don't know how to update easily the source in 'build/libreoffice-3.2.99.2'
> 4) I edit code in 'clone/module' and 'git diff' from there but, for building,
>    I have to go to 'build/libreoffice-3.2.99.2/submodule' where I have done a
> local
>    git, modify the patch (paths are too long in it eg :
>    a/module/submodule --> a/submodule), 'apply' it, 'build', 'apply -R', and if
>    it's ok, get back to clone/module and undo my work (with the editor or with
>    'apply -R')
> 
> There must be an other way less tedious...

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.devel/1133

Have you seen this thread? Basically if you want to contribute, not just
build, then the best is to build in rawbuild, then you can easily test
your changes.
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