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On 28.02.2014 20:43, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> I'm working on a new port that's fetched from github.
>
> This works:
>
> MASTER_SITES=
> https://github.com/collectiveintel/cif-v1/releases/download/v1.0.2-FINAL/
> DISTNAME=       libcif-v1.0.2-FINAL
>
> But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to convert that to the
> more normal USE_GITHUB syntax.
>
> Is there a doc on the GITHUB syntax that explains it for dummies?
>
Hi!

Check out the (/usr/ports)/Mk/bsd.sites.mk file, It's pretty well
documented.

I think the right combination of GH_ACCOUNT, GH_PROJECT, GH_TAGNAME and
GH_COMMIT would do the trick.

Regards,
Kozlov Sergey