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GitBlender

This document explains how to make a gitorious mirror of git.blender.org so you can develop in your own repository.

In summary, this explains how to push an existing copy of blenders source into a new git repository and keep it in sync with blender.org.

Note: This document assumes you know how to do git basics (push/pull/commit), if not, read this first.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Tools/Git

First create a new repository from gitorious's web interface, once done you will have the text:

 Congratulations on your new repository!

One of the commands under the 'Push your changes' heading will look something like:

 git remote add origin git@gitorious.org:my_blender/my_blender.git

DO NOT RUN THIS COMMAND, but note the URL at the end since we'll be using it later.

The next step, is to take a copy of an existing blender clone, and point it to your new repository.

If you dont have a git clone of blenders source code from git, you'll need to make one first.

Make a copy of this directory, and, using the command line set the upstream.

 git remote set-url origin git@gitorious.org:my_blender/my_blender.git

note, unlike the command above - this replaces the origin with your own.

Now you want to upload your git repisoty, so this is simply done with;

 git push --mirror

this may take some time since its uploading ~230mb.

Now you can use your git repository, commit, push, pull etc. as a first class citizen.

Most likely you will want to sync up with blender once in a while.

To do this its easiest to add blender.org as a remote, so you can reference quickly.

This adds the remote, note that bf can be any alias you like.

 git remote add bf http://git.blender.org/blender.git

This command only has to be run once, and the remote is stored in your clone for reuse.

Now to sync with git.blender.org:

 git pull bf master

Now to push the changed to your own repo:

 git push

To do a see a diff with blender.org and your own repository:

 git fetch bf
 git diff bf/master

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