GIT OS X

In Depth¶

Intro
Crabgrass and Git

Leopard Installation¶

THIS IS INCOMPLETE AND OUT OF DATE

Download and run installer
code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/¶

Setup ~/.profile it should look like this
PATH=“/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin”
alias mysqlstart=‘sudo /opt/local/bin/mysqld_safe5 &’
alias mysqlstop=‘/opt/local/bin/mysqladmin5 -u root -p shutdown’¶

export EDITOR=pico

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

export MANPATH=/usr/local/git/man:$MANPATH

Create Git Clone SVN repository¶

git-svn clone http://code.autistici.org/svn/crabgrass/trunk crabgrass.git

Tracking Another Branch¶

From inside crabgrass.git run

git remote add elijah git://giip3.ucsc.edu/~elijah/crabgrass.git
bc. git remote update
bc. git branch e-unicef elijah/unicef

To determine what branch your in run¶

git branch

Switch branches run¶

git checkout e-unicef

Set up database.yml by creating database.yml and adding socket info¶

cp database.yml.example database.yml
bc. socket: /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

To Update¶

git pull
bc. rake db:migrate
bc. rake db:fixtures:load

To Pull down a specific file¶

git checkout "file path"

gitk replacement¶

GitX is a very beautiful native replacement for gitk GUI. It can be downloaded here: http://gitx.frim.nl/