[yocto] Using stable releases from git

[jfabernathy]

On 01/30/2012 06:15 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
> On 30/01/12 15:05, jfabernathy wrote:
>> On 01/30/2012 05:58 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>> It's beginning to sound like we've caught some folks off guard by
>>> pushing changes to the edison branch of the poky repository in
>>> preparation for an upcoming edison point release.
>>>
>>> The named branches are development branches for the release, stable
>>> release development will be done in the named branch and we can't
>>> guarantee they will be issue free (though we intend them to be where
>>> possible).
>>>
>>> If you're looking to use a git checkout which matches the release
>>> tarballs you should checkout the tags for the releases. i.e. for Poky
>>> Edison-6.0/Yocto 1.1:
>>>
>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tag/?id=edison-6.0
>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel/tag/?id=edison-6.0
>>>
>> So instead of doing:
>>
>> git checkout -b edison origin/edison
>>
>> what should I do if I want to stay in sync with the tarball.  This 
>> may just be a doc problem.
>
> I'd do:
>
> git fetch --tags
> git checkout edison-6.0
>
> Then when a new tarball comes out, you'd repeat with the new tag name.
>

We I just tried that and it crashed a lot quicker.  I'll just stick to 
the tarballs until this is all sorted out.

Jim A

> You can see the tags with:
> git tag -l
> (be sure to have git fetch --tags first)
>
> i.e. to update through bernard releases
> git fetch --tags
> git checkout bernard-5.0
> <time passes, 5.0.1 released>
> git fetch --tags
> git checkout bernard-5.0.1
> <time passes, 5.0.2 released>
> git fetch --tags
> git checkout bernard-5.0.2
>
> Cheers,
> Joshua