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Add tags to my sandbox module

Currently i am working on a sandbox module, which is text_or_user_reference field. Now to release the module i have to create a branch of the module i.e 7.x-1.0 Since beginning of the module ...
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clone of drupal project failing: operation timed out

I am trying to clone the drupal project locally but getting this error k10593:htdocs welcha$ git clone git://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git fooproject Cloning into 'fooproject'... fatal: unable ...
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D7 configuration module gitignore sites/default/files/config

I'm checking out the new configuration management module for Drupal 7. It's effectively a back-port of the new configuration management that's in D8, and looks like it's going to be a great ...
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Do I need all drupal core history in my own repository

I decided to update core via git, mostly by following the approach explained here. I did this (in my local repo, dev branch): git remote add core git://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git git fetch ...
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git post-receive hook to trigger drush rsync without prompt or with predefined answer

I have set up post-receive hook on my staging server, so whenever I push from dev server a master branch, it updates staging webroot and triggers drush rsync to update live site. #!/bin/bash ...
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Git workflow from dev to live when central repo is in local network [closed]

I use @dev - @stage - @live workflow, managed with drush rsync and drush aliases to update code, syncing db down from @live to @dev / @stage to have recent state. Recently, I am trying to implement ...
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Drush features commands + git

I have a doubt about the functionality of Drush Features commands when it works with git: Before I do a git pull, can I do drush fu example? Will this command overwrite the changes of the feature ...
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Commit doesn't show up in profile on Drupal site

I submitted my first, (and very small patch) here, by following the instructions here. It looks like the patch worked, but when I look at the Commits tab of my profile, I don't see any entries. When ...
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How do I do git clone with drush to download the HEAD version of a module?

Is there any way to clone or pull the HEAD version of a module in drupal.org git repository? For example, if I'm on Drupal 7, and the last branch of Views is 3, I would like to do: drush git-clone ...
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Could anyone suggest a Drupal database versionning tool? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I manage collaborative development on a Drupal site? Is there any Drupal database version like GIT for versionning files ? with drush or any thing else ? I've ...
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How to download the projects within a distribution using git, not just the distribution itself?

I've set $options['package-handler'] = 'git_drupalorg'; set in my .drushrc.php file. Now when I run drush make for a distribution (in this case, the 7.x-3.x-dev release of Commons), the distribution ...
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What is the best-practice for managing Aegir sites in Git? [closed]

I know there is a million ways this could be done, I'm more looking for the "best-practice" of how this "should" be done. I have an Aegir setup with 4 different Drupal platforms. Within each platform ...
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Manage node body in git

For a new blog, I like to have the post text stored as markdown (or an other suitable format) on github. But I want to have all the nice features of drupal (comments, nodes, captcha, menu syste, ...
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How to retroactively fix commit author in git on drupal.org?

I forgot to set my git username and email for my projects on drupal.org, so my commits were not assigned to my drupal.org username by git. I read here that it is possible to fix this retroactively ...
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How to structure git repositories for project?

I'm working on a content synchronisation module for Drupal. There is a server module, which sits on ona website and exposes content via a web service. There is a also a client module, which sits on ...
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Drush, post receive hooks and git branches/tags

I am stuck with a nagging issue in our deployment systems drush version 5.7 git version 1.7.7 Drupal 7.x We currently have a bare git repository (consisting of drush makefiles) on the production ...
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When is using --package-handler=git_drupalorg appropriate with drush?

In which situations are using drush pm-downlaod --package-handler=git_drupalorg ... appropriate? For example, if I am developing a normal site and want to version it with git, I assume it just ...
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Download entire drupal contrib repository

I would love to download (or, preferably, clone via git) the entire drupal contrib repository (6 for now, but 7 also). That way I can do cool stuff like search the repository via grep for hooks, ...
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Server side Drupal install as git local repo

I have a Drupal install on a shared server and would like to do some version control on it, namely git. I'm a beginner at Drupal and only just starting with git so I've become a bit overwhelmed with ...
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What is the best practice to upgrade drupal core without breaking the GIT repo and the production website

I've got a Git repository in which all my code is in the master branch, and I was previously just ignoring all the Drupal files, so that I kept a strict separation between code that I wrote (or ...
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Update module with Drush + commit with Git

What's the best way to update a module and commit with git? Currently I'd use drush pm-updatecode then inspect with git status. The problem then is there are many files that have changed, been added ...
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how to create a branch in git

created a sandbox project and created a 6.x-1.x. http://drupalcode.org/sandbox/serjas/1713192.git now ported module to 7, but dont know how to create a branch followed instruction here ...
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Updating custom modules

I have a module I wrote that is used on a production site. I had to make some changes and need to update the module. Where do I begin to learn to do this?
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Using git over ssh from localhost to my Shared Hosting

I managed to install smoothly git and drush on my Shared Hosting. Cool. Now I created there a git repository: $cd public_html/drupal $drush dl drupal $git init $git add . $git commit -a -m "My ...
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235 views

Set up a Git version control repository that integrates with OpenAtrium

Is it possible to have OpenAtrium function like the git repository on Drupal.org? If so, then how can I do it?
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How do I remove the commits in git? [closed]

I am using git to track my commits in a Drupal 7 site. I was involved in a project which uses git to move between production and development server. I made some changes in features and pushed it to ...
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Manage custom modules across multiple installations

We have some custom modules which are used for multiple sites. Those can't be released as contributed modules, for example because they are client specific, make assumptions that don't work for ...
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What is the “right” way to track a custom patch to a contributed module?

I need to apply this patch to my site: http://drupal.org/node/483176#comment-5939648 What is the "right" or "responsible" way to track this change? We use Git for version control.
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How do I git pull a dev branch?

I'm trying to switch to the dev version of Views. Repository instructions worked and I was able to git clone Views. However, listing the available branches with git branch -a only shows * 7.x-3.x . ...
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Accessing and updating files on the Acquia Network

We have recently begun working again on a Drupal site that we had originally developed several years ago. At the time, it was hosted in a fairly traditional environment, with most of the development ...
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(dis)advantages of staging dev->production using 'drush rsync' vs 'git'?

I set up a Drupal site under git control for development work. It's parented in a master, bare GIT repo, and as changes are made in my various project-work git clones, and pushed back to the master, ...
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What are costs/benefits of integrating Phing, Jenkins together with Drupal?

I would like to improve my testing environment automation in order to reduce effort needed for quality assurance tasks. I heard about Phing and Jenkins and read overview information but still I am ...
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What's the advantage of using Git submodules for Drupal core and contrib?

I've seen a number of questions/blog posts about setting up a Git repository with Drupal Core and Contrib Modules as submodules, such as Setting up the ideal multiple repository Drupal Site version ...
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Git merge made by recursive ? Why I cannot fetch the updated contrib module?

I am using git repositories to keep Drupal core and contrib modules in sync. The set up looks like this: [drupal.org git repository] -> [my-contrib repository] >> [my-dev-site repository] Recently ...
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What is the proper RewriteBase setting for my staged server?

I'm having issues with Clean-URLs not working on my staged server, possibly stemming from the fact that the installation is pulled down from a Git repo, for staging. I suppose the .htaccess file is ...
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HTML in custom blocks: git and editor integration?

Thoughts on getting the HTML code of a custom block under the control of an IDE? I'm talking about the regular "Add block" feature where you're normally supposed to write the HTML in the ...
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How do I use “drush make” modules with a local module code?

I got to love the workflow "drush make" gives us. I am sure there are others who would want their development code to be put into a make file with it not being ready for drupal.org, for example, ...
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Why does Git in Cygwin complain about info/refs not being found?

I am learning to use git with Drupal. I'm using Cywgin (Windows-based Linux command line), and trying to follow Practicing patches. The documentation tells me to use the command: git clone --branch ...
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Updating Drupal modules via git on remote server

Here is my Drupal workflow for updating modules. I update modules on my local dev and test. Run update via drush if needed. Commit and push to github. Pull these new updates from Github on remote ...
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Drush package handler - recommendations?

After a day of cursing drush for refusing to update anything, I finally discovered that using --package-handler=wget instead of =git_drupalorg allowed everything to run smoothly. I suspect there were ...
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How do I set up default.settings.php to use it for development, testing and production sites?

I use dev, tst and prd environments for my Drupal 7 site set up. I use git for version control. I would like to eliminate one manual step I need to do when moving site from dev to tst and from tst ...
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How to keep in sync git repository and related htdocs directory?

I use the following set up for my @dev site: (a) ../git/repository/dev where I keep version control using git, and a separate (b) ../htdocs/dev that I have an almost exact copy of git repositor ...
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How to import and merge existing site from svn to git?

I'm working with a site that has been using Subversion for version control and we'd like to swtich to using git instead. It seems like it would make the most sense to clone the Drupal project git ...
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Bringing modules into project as git submodules - .info file doesn't have version info

I'm adding modules into my git-enabled Drupal project as git submodules. Things seem to work fine except that when I bring in a git submodule and use the version I want, by doing a 'git checkout ...
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How to add 100 contributed modules into git repository fast?

I use a git repository, and Drush to manage Drupal projects. What I would like to do now is to add more then 100 contributed modules to the git repository to keep track on these modules as well. If ...
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Applying a patch doesn't work

I'm having trouble with applying a patch for a Drupal module. I thought it was as simple as using "git apply thepatch.patch," but when I do this in the main directory that holds the .git directory, I ...
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Is there a git repository for Drupal releases only?

Having cloned drupal from the git repository using git clone --branch 7.x http://git.drupal.org/project/drupal.git I noticed that I'm actually running 7.9-dev when what I want to be running is the ...
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I need a solution to in-depth scan into Drupal git repositories to find useful code snippets

I'm looking to find out the best solutions to in-depth search into git repositories for code snippets: inside Drupal custom modules, revisions, contribs, themes, profiles. As far as I know, Drupal no ...
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How to find all Drupal modules which has dependence

I would like to know if it possible to find all contributed modules that depend, for example, on the Subform module. This information could be useful if you are working with a module, and want to ...
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Using Git to keep Core and modules up to date

I'm looking for a way to use git to pull both core and modules. Let's say for example that I clone Drupal core from the Drupal git, and commit to my own git repo; then, I pull a bunch of modules, and ...

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