Updating PiDP

[Curtis Vaughan (ACSS)]

So if I run the update through git, will it be overwriting any changes I've made to ITS, etc.? Also, do I really need to. Is there a way to check if anything needs to be updated? 

Thanks.

[Adam Morris]

Git is a change management tool.  If there are differences between files it tries to see if the changes are compatible or not, if it can't work it out (both you and the original have made different changes to the same line) then it will ask you which change to keep... BUT this will only work if you have added your changes to your local repository and checked them in properly before you try and merge any upstream changes.

You should probably learn how to use Git if you want to do this.

<https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2>

Adam

[Curtis Vaughan (ACSS)]

The manual says: 

As of early May 2024, the PiDP-10 is quite new and we add features/squash bugs regularly.
To keep your software up to date, this will generally suffice:
cd /opt/pidp10
git pull

So, all I'm asking is not for deep dive into git and what it does, but whether to follow the manual or not, particularly as regards ITS. If there are new features and bugs squashed, I would think I'd want to do them.

[Preston Briggs]

I'd hope that as long as the "disk packs" aren't updated,

the work you've done will be preserved.

[Curtis Vaughan (ACSS)]

Looking at the git repository I didn't see any changes in the ITS folder that should cause an issue, so I went ahead and did the git pull. Just 3 files where updated and none related to ITS

[Lars Brinkhoff]

I think it's advisable to back up your disk packs every once in a while, and/or write backup tapes.