Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:05:58 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs.freebsd@gmail.com> To: Alex Laurie <alex.r.laurie@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetching from Github Message-ID: <52762006.6090501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ33AJX=W56Xb774XWPj%2B2YRZ1TFrE_wVVs4SfQF6P9G-XG38g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ33AJX=W56Xb774XWPj%2B2YRZ1TFrE_wVVs4SfQF6P9G-XG38g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/11/2013 8:57 PM, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hi all, > > Writing my first port form scratch and going through the slow porting > method in the handbook. However I'm having problems fetching the source > from Github. Any pointers? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Absolutely Alex :) Mk/bsd.sites.mk supports USE_GITHUB=yes for fetching There are additional GH_* knobs listed there that are also needed: GH_ACCOUNT GH_PROJECT GH_TAGNAME GH_COMMIT Note that not all of the above are *always* required, depending on repository and project naming. Grep the ports tree for USE_GITHUB for examples, one of mine is: databases/py-redis Enjoy! -- koobs
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