Re: Beginner: how to open a repo?

[David Aguilar]

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 7:10 AM, <jpt.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed git-cola and after invocation I get a small dialog asking
> "Open...", "Clone...", and "Close".
> Using open on the root of my android-x86 checkout does nothing. No error,
> not even on console, just nothing.
> I don't want to clone the 20 gig of sources to somewhere else on my hard
> drive, because there is not enough space. That's why I did not try the clone
> button yet.
>
> checking out android is done by invoking a separate "repo" command, which in
> turn works on the git repos. might this be a problem?
> what is it that cola wants to have when opening a folder?

Yes, for android you'll need to use "repo" to get the git repositories:

http://www.android-x86.org/getsourcecode

Once you've done repo init and repo sync then cola can be used to work
on any of the individual repos contained within.

cola wants to have a directory that contains a ".git" folder/file; aka
a git "worktree". Once you have a git repo and make changes then cola
will show the changes to you.

I have not used repo much myself but there should be some good pointers online.

I hope that helps,
--
David