github ports

[Valeri Galtsev]

> On Jan 10, 2021, at 12:49 PM, Vasily Postnicov <shamaz.mazum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There is no "git update" command
> 
> At first delete the old port tree, then from /usr do
> "git clone git://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports ports". From /usr/ports
> run "make index" or "make fetchindex".
> 
> To update the tree do "git pull" from /usr/ports and then again "make
> fetchindex"
> 

Just for my education: is there any advantage in using git like that instead of portsnap?

Valeri

> вс, 10 янв. 2021 г., 21:36 LuMiWa via freebsd-questions <
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>:
> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I decided from many years to switch from portsnap tu github.
>> Is it git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports /usr/portsokay,
>> please? How are my ports in /usr/pors. It will replace them? And for
>> update ports is git update https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports
>> /usr/ports <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/usr/ports>
>> 
>> Thank you.
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