Synchronet v3.19b-Win32 (install) has been released (Jan-2022).

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howto:git [2022/10/19 20:41] – [Updating an Install from CVS] missing word digital manhowto:git [2024/10/11 22:21] (current) – Mention the rename of install/GNUmakefile to install-sbbs.mk digital man
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 ===== Updating an Install from CVS ===== ===== Updating an Install from CVS =====
  
-So you previously installed Synchronet for *nix using the ''install/GNUmakefile'' method, which resulted in "checking-out" the source files from  [[dev:CVS]] before building them and now you want to get the [[http://cvs.synchro.net/gitpushlog.ssjs|latest updates]] since the switch to [[dev:Git]].+So you previously installed Synchronet for *nix using the ''install/GNUmakefile''((this file has since been renamed to install-sbbs.mk)) method, which resulted in "checking-out" the source files from  [[dev:CVS]] before building them and now you want to get the [[http://cvs.synchro.net/gitpushlog.ssjs|latest updates]] since the switch to [[dev:Git]].
  
   - Follow the **[[#Clone]]** instructions below, cloning into a sub-directory off of your Synchronet install directory (e.g. ''/sbbs/repo'').   - Follow the **[[#Clone]]** instructions below, cloning into a sub-directory off of your Synchronet install directory (e.g. ''/sbbs/repo'').
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   - Run ''git diff'' in the repo (show changes, including white-space) to confirm that either //no changes// or only your //expected// changes are shown.   - Run ''git diff'' in the repo (show changes, including white-space) to confirm that either //no changes// or only your //expected// changes are shown.
  
 +===== Reset =====
 +
 +If you're getting Git errors about local changes to files that you didn't make and you just want to reset every file in the repository to its latest upstream contents, run these commands:
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 +  $ cd /path/to/sbbs/repo
 +  $ git fetch --all
 +  $ git reset --hard origin/master
 +  $ git checkout master
 +  
 +After the successful execution of these commands, your ''sbbs'' Git repo should be reset back to the current upstream contents.
 +  
 ===== Delete the Repo ===== ===== Delete the Repo =====
  

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