Redmine

h1. Using Git to contribute to Redmine

Redmine's source tree is stored in Subversion, and everything eventually feeds into there.  Some who are comfortable using Git prefer to use it for its branching and merging features, and because you don't need to have SVN commit access to make commits.

h1. Initialization

To start out, run these commands:

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git clone git://git.complete.org/branches/redmine-integration

cd redmine-integration

git config --add remote.origin.fetch +refs/remotes/svn/*:refs/remotes/svn/*

git fetch

</pre>

h2. Exploration

You can see all the branches that Git obtained for you:

<pre>

git branch -r | less

</pre>

You'll see output like this.  (Many lines omitted here)

<code>

  origin/HEAD

  origin/fb-bug-259-git

  origin/fb-bug-261-issue-redirect

  origin/fb-bug-641-context-done

  svn/git

  svn/issue_relations

  svn/mailing_lists

  svn/tags/0.6.3

  svn/tags/0.6.3@1011

  svn/time

  svn/trunk

  svn/wiki

</code>

The "origin" branches are being maintained in Git (no corresponding Subversion branch).  The svn branches are identical copies of the same branch in the Redmine Subversion repository.

You'll base your work off these branches.

h1. Starting Your Feature