Tips and Tricks for using Git with WebKit

Install

   fink install git

Checkout

   git clone git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git

WebKit Script support for Git

The various scripts in WebKitTools/Scripts have been made to work pretty well with Git. Here are some of the specific things you can do with them:

• Telling the various scripts to append the git branch name to every build. This is especially useful so you don't clobber your previous branch's build when you switch branches

    git config core.webKitBranchBuild (true|false) //the default is off
  

• Overriding the core.webKitBranchBuild setting for a specific branch

    git config branch.$branchName.webKitBranchBuild (true|false)
  

• Using prepare-Changelog with git

    WebKitTools/Scripts/prepare-Changelog --git-commit=$committish --git-reviewer="Foo Reviewer"
  

• Using resolve-ChangeLog with git

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• Using commit-log-editor with git

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Misc. Tips and Tricks

• You can setup Git shell completion and branch name in your bash prompt. In your /path/to/git/source/contrib/completion directory you will find a 'git-completion.bash' file. Follow the instructions in that file to enable shell completion. Here is a nice bash prompt for instance

  PS1='\[\033[41;1;37m\]\u@\h:\[\033[40;1;33m\]\W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")>\[\033[0m\] '
  

• You can set up multiple working directories to work on more than one branch at a time. In your /path/to/git/source/contrib/workdir directory you will find a 'git-new-workdir' script that can create new working directories. The usage is

  ./git-new-workdir <repository> <new_workdir> [<branch>]
  

• Colorize various git commands

  git config --global color.status auto
  git config --global color.diff auto
  git config --global color.branch auto
  

• Important git config settings

  git config --global user.name "Foo Bar"
  git config --global user.email "foo@webkit.org"