From a53caea3b6609f94063dfc21cbdf5361e9145040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:58:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] liblzma: Add README-CMake.txt Describe how to update liblzma from upstream. --- Utilities/cmliblzma/README-CMake.txt | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Utilities/cmliblzma/README-CMake.txt diff --git a/Utilities/cmliblzma/README-CMake.txt b/Utilities/cmliblzma/README-CMake.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b51299707 --- /dev/null +++ b/Utilities/cmliblzma/README-CMake.txt @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +The Utilities/cmliblzma directory contains a reduced distribution +of the liblzma source tree with only the library source code and +CMake build system. It is not a submodule; the actual content is part +of our source tree and changes can be made and committed directly. + +We update from upstream using Git's "subtree" merge strategy. A +special branch contains commits of upstream liblzma snapshots and +nothing else. No Git ref points explicitly to the head of this +branch, but it is merged into our history. + +Update liblzma from upstream as follows. Create a local branch to +explicitly reference the upstream snapshot branch head: + + git branch liblzma-upstream c289e634 + +Use a temporary directory to checkout the branch: + + mkdir liblzma-tmp + cd liblzma-tmp + git init + git pull .. liblzma-upstream + rm -rf * + +Now place the (reduced) liblzma content in this directory. See +instructions shown by + + git log c289e634 + +for help extracting the content from the upstream svn repo. Then run +the following commands to commit the new version. Substitute the +appropriate date and version number: + + git add --all + + GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='liblzma upstream' \ + GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='xz-devel@tukaani.org' \ + GIT_AUTHOR_DATE='Sun Jun 30 19:55:49 2013 +0300' \ + git commit -m 'liblzma 5.0.5-gb69900ed (reduced)' && + git commit --amend + +Edit the commit message to describe the procedure used to obtain the +content. Then push the changes back up to the main local repository: + + git push .. HEAD:liblzma-upstream + cd .. + rm -rf liblzma-tmp + +Create a topic in the main repository on which to perform the update: + + git checkout -b update-liblzma master + +Merge the liblzma-upstream branch as a subtree: + + git merge -s recursive -X subtree=Utilities/cmliblzma \ + liblzma-upstream + +If there are conflicts, resolve them and commit. Build and test the +tree. Commit any additional changes needed to succeed. + +Finally, run + + git rev-parse --short=8 liblzma-upstream + +to get the commit from which the liblzma-upstream branch must be started +on the next update. Edit the "git branch liblzma-upstream" line above to +record it, and commit this file.