portsnap and git getting ports

[bagas]

Hello.
Is it necessary to install git to install ports now?
Is it enough to fetch and update ports - portsnap fetch extract update (portsnap fetch update)?
git, can I not install it?

 

[eternal_noob]

Yes, FreeBSD switched to Git some time ago.

See https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/guide-using-git-to-manage-ports-source-and-documentation.79721/ for a tutorial.

If you don't want the full Git experience, you can work with devel/git-lite.
Edit: Seems like git-lite is gone.

 

[zirias@]

Is it necessary to install git to install ports now?

No.

Is it enough to fetch and update ports - portsnap fetch extract update (portsnap fetch update)?

Yes. Actually, there were plans to deprecate portsnap. It's extra infrastructure to maintain for no gain, and it only supports the "main" branch ("latest" ports). But at least for any FreeBSD 13 version, it will stay supported.

 

[Tieks]

portsnap fetch extract update

Portsnap still works, but will be phased out some time in a future version. Git will replace it, see the link that eternal_noob gave you. Another alternative (that I don't know) is net/gitup.

 

[zirias@]

Edit: Seems like git-lite is gone.

Not really, devel/git was converted to flavors, so there's a lite flavor now (and also a tiny flavor, which is actually enough to work with FreeBSD ports).

 

[bagas]

I understand, I'd better install git then.

 

[fernandel]

I understand, I'd better install git then.

I am using net/gitup and for me works. It is like portsnap just gitup ports and it is.

 

[msplsh]

I installed

pkg install git-lite

And then

git ls-remote https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git | grep refs/heads

To find the quarterly branch I want. Then deleted the entirety of /usr/ports and ran

git clone -o ports -b 2021Q4 https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git /usr/ports

I expect I can now

cd /usr/ports;git pull --rebase

When I want to update it, per instructions in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/mirrors/#git

and when a new quarterly comes out I assume can do

cd /usr/ports;git checkout -b 2022Q1

To align ports with pkg using quarterly