Using Git with Pinax

If you choose to use git, who wouldn't, read this to learn how to setup Pinax. Unfortunately checking out the Pinax source code is not as simple as a git svn clone. Pinax contains some svn:externals that just do not work with only a git-svn clone. Go and grab git-svn-clone-externals from http://github.com/andrep/git-svn-clone-externals/tree/master and place it on your PATH and chmod +x it. Once you have done that it is as simple as doing:

git svn clone http://svn.pinaxproject.com/pinax/trunk pinax cd pinax/apps/external_apps git-svn-clone-externals

You are all set. git-svn-clone-externals is very basic in nature. It simply:

• git svn clone each external into a .git_externals/ directory.
• symlink the cloned repository in .git_externals/ to the proper directory name.
• add the symlink and .git_externals/ to the .git/info/excludes/ file, so that you're not pestered about it when performing a git status.