Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of SourceCodeGit

Timestamp:

Nov 9, 2012, 2:14:02 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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SourceCodeGit

@@ -3 +3 @@
 = Getting BOINC source code =
 
-The BOINC source code is stored in a [http://www.git-scm.com Git] repository.
+== Branches ==
+
 Various versions of the code are available at any given point:
-
-== Branches ==
 
 === Development ===
@@ -44 +43 @@
 This is useful for getting individual files, or seeing the revision history.
 
+
 == Installing Git ==
 
+The BOINC source code is stored in a [http://www.git-scm.com Git] repository.
+To access this repository you'll need Git client software:
+
  * On Windows, get a Git client like [SourceCodeGit/Windows Git for Windows (console)
-   and TortoiseGit (GUI)].
+   and !TortoiseGit (GUI)].
  * On Linux, Git is usually provided by all modern distributions.
    If not, check your package manager and look for "git" or "git-core"
@@ -57 +60 @@
    [http://gitx.laullon.com GitX] ([https://github.com/laullon/gitx latest])
 
+To get a copy of the BOINC source code you don't need to understand Git -
+just follow the directions below.
+However, if you intend to modify BOINC or to look at branches,
+you'll need to know something about Git.
+Recommended reading/watching:
+
+ * [http://vimeo.com/14629850 Getting Git]: 1 hour video (technical, but highly recommended)
+ * [http://git-scm.com/book Pro Git]: Great free online book (also commercially available in print!)
+ * [http://git-scm.com/doc All the rest]: Cheat sheets, tutorials and more videos
 
 == Getting a copy of the BOINC source ==
 
-Note: this will give you a copy that you'll be able to modify locally,
+This will give you a copy that you'll be able to modify locally,
 but not push changes to the BOINC repository.
 For write access, see the next section.
@@ -77 +89 @@
 with no 'git clone' in front of it. 
 
-== Using Git ==
-
-Recommended reading/watching:
-
- * [http://vimeo.com/14629850 Getting Git]: 1 hour video (technical, but highly recommended)
- * [http://git-scm.com/book Pro Git]: Great free online book (also commercially available in print!)
- * [http://git-scm.com/doc All the rest]: Cheat sheets, tutorials and more videos
-
-== Direct write access ==
+== Write access to the main repository ==
 
 Note: you don't need direct write access to contribute code to BOINC.
@@ -223 +227 @@
  '''zip'''::
         Compression functions; not used by BOINC, but may be useful for applications.
-