document upstream merge
authorIan Kelling <iank@fsf.org>
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:45:59 +0000 (22:45 -0400)
committerIan Kelling <iank@fsf.org>
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:45:59 +0000 (22:45 -0400)
README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 3f01a9726948b5dac69ce49a161f828ab20f1925..4bbcc87018079be31b6f0a1c59398c8dbd814733 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -307,7 +307,21 @@ s apt-get update
 s apt dist-upgrade
 
 
-
+### How to merge upstream fai-config
+
+git checkout upstream
+cd path-to-fai-config
+git pull --stat
+# the following needs modification if there was deletions or renames
+rsync --exclude /.git -rlpgoDcvi . /b/fai/fai/config/
+cd /b/fai/fai/config/
+# where XXXXX is the git commit hash
+# note, several files which just had trailing space changes will get ignored.
+git commit -am "update upstream to XXXXX"
+git checkout master
+git merge upstream
+# fix conflicts
+git commit
 
 
 # TODO