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* Introduction
This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use yet.
-If you are taking source from CVS, you will need to have several
+If you are taking source from git repository, you will need to have several
special tools to help contribute. See the file README-hacking for more
information. See chapter `Building' for the detailed instructions on
how to build the package.
Please, note that the accompanying documentation may be inaccurate
-or incomplete. The ChangeLog file is the authoritative documentation of
+or incomplete. The ChangeLog file is the authoritative documentation of
all recent changes.
Please, send comments and problem reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
@@ -18,42 +18,24 @@ Please, send comments and problem reports to <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
* Checking Out the Sources
The following instructions apply if you wish to obtain sources from
-the repository. There are several repositories:
+the repository.
-1. CVS at Puszcza.gnu.org.ua - master repository
- <https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/cvs/?group=gdbm>
-2. Git at Puszcza.gnu.org.ua - slave
- <http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/git/?group=gdbm>
-3. CVS at Savannah.gnu.org - slave
- <http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=gdbm>
-4. Git at Savannah.gnu.org - slave
- <http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=gdbm>
-
-Slave repositories are synchronized with the master 8 times a day.
-
-** CVS
-
-To checkout the source tree from CVS issue the following command:
-
- cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.gnu.org.ua:/cvsroot/gdbm co gdbm
-
-Or, to checkout the sources from CVS mirror at Savannah, issue the
-following command:
-
- cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/gdbm checkout gdbm
+To clone the Git repository, run:
-** Git
+ git clone https://git.gnu.org.ua/gdbm.git
-To clone the Git repository, run:
+This will create a directory named `gdbm' and populate it with
+the sources.
- git clone git://git.gnu.org.ua/gdbm.git
+If you are not interested in the entire development history, you can
+minimize the traffic using the `--depth' option. For example,
-Or, to clone the secondary GDBM Git mirrror repo, run:
+ git clone --depth 1 https://git.gnu.org.ua/gdbm.git
- git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gdbm.git
+will clone only the most recent revision from the repository.
-In all cases, this will give you read-only access. If you think you need
-write access, contact <bug-gdbm@gnu.org>.
+For more information about git access, visit
+<https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/git/?group=gdbm>.
* Building
@@ -66,7 +48,6 @@ Usual procedures apply:
See the files INSTALL and README for the detailed instructions.
* Copyright information:
-Copyright information:
Copyright (C) 1990-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.