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Joel

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From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 128

Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

Hi:

I already read the wiki about how to submit packages to AUR. But seems that I can only starting populating my repro after I issue this command:

git clone git+ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/package_name.git

Is it possible to have a working and already populated directory and submit as AUR package? I already have my pkgbuild and .srcinfo files, but when I try to issue the above command, I got:

fatal: destination path 'gtk-theme-hooli' already exists and is not an empty directory.

Thanks.

Last edited by Joel (2016-06-24 16:15:51)

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

The simple solution - just rename your current directory and then move the files over to the new directory.

The 'proper' solution - Create a new AUR repo, initialize your current directory as a git repository and then add the AUR as a new remote...

ssh aur.archlinux.org setup-repo <name>
cd <name>
git init
git remote add origin git+ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/<name>.git

Last edited by Slithery (2016-06-24 15:19:13)

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ewaller

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Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

Just clone it somewhere else, take note of git parameters that describe the upstream repositiry, then delete that empty cloned directory. 
Make use that all the real one's parameters are the same. Then push the real one. 

Edit: Too slow.

Last edited by ewaller (2016-06-24 15:18:31)

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WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

Yes, see the second part of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … ew_package

If your directory isn't a git repository, then you will need to 'git init' first.

EDIT: Just riding the reply flood.

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-06-24 15:18:21)

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Joel

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From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 128

Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

ah ok, got it. Thanks

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eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

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Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

I would like to point out that you can push to a nonexistent AUR repo and it will get created.

See my sig for how I handle AUR packaging, I happen to be quite biased in its favor.

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Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: Existing folder as future AUR package [solved]

I would like to point out that you can push to a nonexistent AUR repo and it will get created.

See my sig for how I handle AUR packaging, I happen to be quite biased in its favor.

Slightly off-topic (I found it in the code Eschwartz is referring to), but can you point me at the meaning of the - in your here doc "cat <<- _EOF_". I can't find it. Search term hint?

EDIT: Forget I asked, I found it. It's for indentations.

Last edited by Awebb (2016-06-24 17:41:46)