No update for a day on ports?

[Jimmy Renner]

Citerar Bob Eager <rde at tavi.co.uk>:

> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:47:01 +1100
> Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne at heuristicsystems.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Would appreciate if anyone can provide insight as to the 4 git
>> commands that I need to function, in a manner similar to the way I
>> use svnlite use.  Git equivalents for:
>>
>> svnlite update /usr/ports
>> svnlite update -r '{$YYYY-$MM-$DD}' /usr/ports/$category/$port
>> svnlite log -l $N /usr/ports/$category/$port
>> svnlite diff /usr/ports/$category/$port
>
> I got a partial answer. There is a port, net/gitup, that will do an
> update of sorts. (Note: I was just told 'gitup' and there is an old
> port, now renamed 'git-up', which is not the right one).
>>
>> I'm sure many other users would have a similar usage (and similar
>> non-knowledge of git)
>
> Indeed. I feel this should have been done in advance. And been in
> Appendix A of the Handbook in plenty of time.
>
>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of
>> base or ports are moving to git?
>
> Going with the fashion, IMO. But I will no doubt get shouted down.
>

If it is deprecated where do I find the information I need, this does  
not help:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html


Cheers, Jimmy