Re: how to checkout ports for 14-stable

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023, David Wolfskill wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:26:01 -0800
> From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
> To: AN <andy@neu.net>
> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: how to checkout ports for 14-stable
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 08:24:47PM -0500, AN wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I just upgraded a system to src 14-stable.  What is the exact command to
> > checkout and track the 14-stable branch of ports?
>
> There is no such thing as "the 14-stable branch of ports."
>
> FreeBSD source ("src") and ports are separate repositories.
>
> Branches in the ports tree are things like:
> g1-70(12.4-S)[5] git branch --remote | tail
>   origin/2022Q1
>   origin/2022Q2
>   origin/2022Q3
>   origin/2022Q4
>   origin/2023Q1
>   origin/2023Q2
>   origin/2023Q3
>   origin/2023Q4
>   origin/HEAD -> origin/main
>   origin/main
>
> (so, remove the "origin/" part to get the branch name)/(so, remove the
> "origin/" part to get the branch name)/
>
> > ....
>
> Peace,
> david
>


Hi David:

Thanks for your quick response, that worked.  So I assume that I will need
to remove /usr/ports every quater and checkout the latest ports?

Also, I guess origin/2023Q4 is where developers make updates to?

Regards