github ports

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 21:50, 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"


git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports ports # use HTTPS
instead of GIT as you're likely to get permission errors. I don't know why,
but https worked for me.


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