Re: git-clone(1) after base 3e8619e535b6 for /usr/ports subdirectories

That only works if don't already have a ports tree. What's there?

Warner

On Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 8:09 PM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote:

> With recent installations of FreeBSD-CURRENT, traditional use of git no
> longer works for /usr/ports.
>
> ----
>
> root@sixteen:~ # git clone --depth 1 https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git
> /usr/ports
>
> fatal: destination path '/usr/ports' already exists and is not an empty
> directory.
> root@sixteen:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
>
> 16.0-CURRENT
> 16.0-CURRENT
> 16.0-CURRENT
> FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #0 main-n283549-6d37c3db62ba: Mon Feb  2 12:11:20
> UTC 2026
>   root@releng3.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC
> amd64 1600011 1600011
> root@sixteen:~
>
> ----
>
> <https://freebsdfoundation.org/enhance-your-git-experience/> (bcr)
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> <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-using-git-method>
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> https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/3e8619e535b61c99f0dc50cc6c7e237eb82a8be7>
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> <
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3e8619e535b61c99f0dc50cc6c7e237eb82a8be7
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