Using git with MythTV

You will need to create a github account, and link your @mythtv.org email address to it (if a MythTV developer). If you aren't a part of the development team, you can still create a github account and fork the repository into your account, giving pull requests later to get your changes incorporated.

git clone git@github.com:MythTV/mythtv.git

configuring git

If this is the only git repo you are using:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email you@mythtv.org

If you do already have other repos going, you will be better off using (from the mythtv checked-out directory):

git config user.name "Your Name"
git config user.email you@mythtv.org

Please use your real name and a real email address. If you are on the MythTV development team, please use the assigned canonical @mythtv.org email address. This will be attached to each commit you make, and is needed for legality reasons (i.e. to clearly denote the contributors, which can be a life-saver if we have licensing issues later)

git for svn users

​https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSvnCrashCourse

​https://git.wiki.kernel.org/images-git/7/78/Git-svn-cheatsheet.pdf

svn command	git command	comments
svn checkout	git clone
svn diff	git diff	pretty much identical
svn stat	git status
svn commit	git commit / git push	in git, git commit commits locally, git push pushes to the upstream repo. Additionally, changes must be staged before committing.
----	git add -i / git add -p	stage commits
svn update	git pull	technically, this is two steps combined (git fetch, git merge)
svn copy (to create a branch)	git branch (or git checkout -b)
svn copy (to create a tag)	git tag
svn switch	git checkout branch
svn merge	git merge

Also, github has a wealth of good information.