@syncodeindex fn cp
@copying
-This manual is for ERC version 5.2.
+This manual is for ERC version 5.3.
-Copyright @copyright{} 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
permission to redistribute ERC on
certain terms; it also explains that
there is no warranty.
-* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
* Concept Index:: Search for terms.
@detailmenu
locations, or from your local GNU mirror.
@itemize @bullet
-@item @uref{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.tar.gz}
-@item @uref{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.zip}
+@item @uref{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.3-extras.tar.gz}
+@item @uref{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.3-extras.zip}
@end itemize
The rest of this chapter may be skipped if you are using the version of
Choose the development version if you want to live on the bleeding edge
of ERC development or try out new features before release.
-@subheading GNU Arch
+@cindex git version control system, using
+The git version control system allows you to keep up-to-date with the
+latest changes to the development version of ERC. It also allows you
+to contribute changes (via commits, if you are have developer access to
+the repository, or via patches, otherwise). If you would like to
+contribute to ERC development, it is highly recommended that you use
+git.
-ERC is developed using GNU Arch. Downloading ERC with Arch and staying
-up-to-date involves the following steps.
+If you are new to git, you might find this tutorial helpful:
+@uref{http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial.html}.
+
+Downloading ERC with git and staying up-to-date involves the following
+steps.
@enumerate
-@cindex GNU Arch, installing
-@item Install arch
+@item Install git.
@itemize @bullet
-@item Debian: @kbd{apt-get install tla}.
-@item Other distributions: see @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-arch/}.
+@item Debian and Ubuntu: @kbd{apt-get install git-core}.
+@item Windows: @uref{http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/WindowsInstall}.
+@item Other operating systems: download, compile, and install the source
+from @uref{http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/}, or find a git
+package for your operating system.
@end itemize
-@cindex GNU Arch, downloading ERC
-@item Register the archive.
+@item Download the ERC development branch.
+
+If you have developer access to ERC, do:
+
+@example
+git clone ssh://loginname@@git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/erc.git
+@end example
+
+otherwise, do:
+
@example
-tla register-archive -f http://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/erc/erc
+git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/erc.git
@end example
-@item Download the ERC source code.
+If you are behind a restrictive firewall, and do not have developer
+access, then do the following instead:
+
@example
-# Download ERC into the @file{erc} directory.
-tla get erc@@sv.gnu.org/erc--main--0 erc
+git clone http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/erc.git
@end example
@item List upstream changes that are missing from your local copy.
Do this whenever you want to see whether new changes have been committed
-to ERC.
+to ERC. If you wish, you may skip this step and proceed directly to
+the ``update'' step.
@example
# Change to the source directory you are interested in.
-cd erc/
+cd erc
+
+# Fetch new changes from the repository, but don't apply them yet
+git fetch origin
-# Display the summary of changes
-tla missing --summary
+# Display log messages for the new changes
+git log HEAD..origin
@end example
-@cindex GNU Arch, updating ERC
-@item Update to the latest version by replaying missing changes.
+``origin'' is git's name for the location where you originally got ERC
+from. You can change this location at any time by editing the
+@file{.git/config} file in the directory where the ERC source was
+placed.
+
+@cindex updating ERC with git
+@item Update to the latest version by pulling in any missing changes.
+
@example
cd erc
-tla update
+git pull origin
@end example
+git will show how many files changed, and will provide a visual display
+for how many lines were changed in each file.
+
@end enumerate
-If you are new to Arch and want to learn more about developing ERC with
-it, visit @uref{http://emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ErcDevelopment} for
-full instructions.
+There are other ways to interact with the ERC repository.
-@subheading Development snapshots
+@itemize
+@item Browse git repo: @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=erc.git}
+@item Latest development snapshot: @uref{http://mwolson.org/static/dist/erc-latest.tar.gz}
+@item Latest development snapshot (zip file): @uref{http://mwolson.org/static/dist/erc-latest.zip}
+@end itemize
-@cindex development snapshot
-Alternatively, the latest development snapshot may be downloaded in both
-``.tar.gz'' and ``.zip'' forms.
+The latest development snapshot can lag behind the git repo by as much
+as 20 minutes, but never more than that.
-@itemize @bullet
-@item @uref{http://www.mwolson.org/static/dist/erc-latest.tar.gz}
-@item @uref{http://www.mwolson.org/static/dist/erc-latest.zip}
-@end itemize
+For further information on committing changes to ERC and performing
+development, please consult
+@uref{http://emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ErcDevelopment}.
@node Installation, Getting Started, Obtaining ERC, Top
@uref{http://sv.gnu.org/projects/erc}. We switched to using GNU Arch as
our revision control system. Our mailing list address changed as well.
+@item 2007
+
+We switched to using git for our version control system.
+
@end itemize
@node Copying, GNU Free Documentation License, History, Top