Re: Maintain 'alien' project

http://wiki.gnuarch.org/Arch_20and_20CVS_20in_20the_20same_20tree

On 5/9/06, Vladimir Zolotykh <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I frequently enough bump into the following situation. I use a tool (a
> project) which is designed by someone else. I make some corrections to
> it, however the maker(s) does its own. It's not a GNU Arch project and
> I don't have any access to the repository (usually it is a CVS). When
> a new version is released it knows nothing of my changes and I have to
> apply them manually. Can GNU Arch help me with that?


No built-in support from Arch for this.  So use the approach or scripts
referenced from the above page for some help.

I know enough to be able to make import, branches, etc. (the basic
> Arch functionality). What I'm not sure about is how to use them in
> this particular situation. My intention is to organise my own GNU Arch
> project which would allow me to accumulate author's changes easily
> enough, at the same time keep my changes also.
>
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> Vladimir Zolotykh
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