Re: Adding personal repository remote

[Paul Offord <paul.offord58 () gmail com>]

Thanks Graham,

You are quite right.

Best regards...Paul

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 11:53 AM Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>
wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 11:03, Paul Offord <paul.offord58 () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm following the instructions here - 3.10. Contribute Your Changes
> > (wireshark.org)
> > <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcContribute.html>
> >
> > There is an instruction to double check my remotes:
> >
> > $ git remote -v
> > $ downstream git () gitlab com:henry.perry/wireshark.git (fetch)
> > $ downstream git () gitlab com:henry.perry/wireshark.git (push)
> > $ upstream   git () gitlab com:wireshark/wireshark.git (fetch)
> > $ upstream   git () gitlab com:wireshark/wireshark.git (push)
> >
> > But when I run the command I get:
> >
> > C:\Development\wireshark>git remote -v
> > downstream      git () gitlab com:paul.offord/wireshark.git (fetch)
> > downstream      git () gitlab com:paul.offord/wireshark.git (push)
> > origin  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git (fetch)
> > origin  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git (push)
> >
> > As you can see, the master name is different.
> >
> > Is this a problem?
> The name given to any remote is just that, a local name to refer to.
> Origin is the default if you didn't provide one when cloning the Wireshark
> repo, presumably you didn't follow the instructions in
> https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcObtain.html#ChSrcGit
> closely enough that are (my bold):
>
> 3. Next, clone the Wireshark repository:
> >
>
>
> # If you have a GitLab account, you can use the SSH URL:
> > $ git clone -o upstream git () gitlab com:wireshark/wireshark.git
> > # If you don't you can use the HTTPS URL:
> > $ git clone -o upstream https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git
>
>
> The clone only has to be done once. This will copy all the sources
> > (including directories) from the server to your machine and check out the
> > latest version. *The -o upstream flag uses the origin name “upstream”
> > for the repository instead of the default “origin” as described in
> > the GitLab documentation
> > <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/forking_workflow.html>*.
> > Cloning may take some time depending on the speed of your internet
> > connection.
>
>
> You can adjust this using git remote:
>
> git remote rename origin upstream
>
>
>
> > Thanks and regards...Paul
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul Offord
>
> --
> Graham Bloice
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