asp update: '* master' not a valid branch name

[nfnty]

'asp update' returns error message:

==> updating remote 'packages'
==> updating remote 'community'
fatal: '* master' is not a valid branch name

[falconindy]

Works fine here. Sounds like you played with asp's git repo manually.

[nfnty]

I'm probably not using asp properly. I've asp export a package and then added and commit it to the local asp repo manually. Proceeded with editing, adding and commit again. Is asp supposed to only track remote build scripts and the local asp repo be left untouched?

[falconindy]

I'm probably not using asp properly.

Indeed. If you want a repo that can be modified, use 'checkout', not 'export'. This clones a new repo which tracks the single branch from asp's repo. You can modify this repo, make new branches, and pull will fetch new changes after 'asp update' (as long as you don't untrack the package via asp).

Never modify $ASPROOT directly.

[nfnty]

Makes much more sense. Didn't know that $ASPROOT was used for metadata only. Wouldn't it be better to have $ASPROOT default to '$HOME/.local/share/asp'?

Also, on checkout; what's the difference between trunk and repos? Seems like $PACKAGE/repos/***-i686, $PACKAGE/repos/***-x86_64 and $PACKAGE/trunk all contain the same files.

[falconindy]

Wouldn't it be better to have $ASPROOT default to '$HOME/.local/share/asp'?

Well, you're free to relocate it. I didn't feel like hiding deep in some XDG directory since I frequently poke at the git repo while developing.

Also, on checkout; what's the difference between trunk and repos?

trunk is where development takes place. repo directories are what was pushed to the repos. You always want to develop against trunk/*.

[nfnty]

Well, you're free to relocate it. I didn't feel like hiding deep in some XDG directory since I frequently poke at the git repo while developing.

Fair enough. When you say poke, what can be done to it? When does asp commit to the repo?

trunk is where development takes place. repo directories are what was pushed to the repos. You always want to develop against trunk/*.

Then when is repos used in development?

[falconindy]

Fair enough. When you say poke, what can be done to it? When does asp commit to the repo?

Sorry, I meant developing asp, the script, not modifying packages. If I wanted to modify packages, I'd just use my super dev powers and commit to Arch's SVN.

Then when is repos used in development?

For your development? Probably never. The git repo you get is simply a mirror of the SVN layout. I can't modify the layout of it without breaking the ability to pull in new changes.

[nfnty]

Oh, okay. :)

After issuing asp update do all local package repos need to be manually updated?

[falconindy]

asp update only updates what's in $ASPROOT, and it has no knowledge of any repos that you checked out (I can't fathom how you might implement this kind of tracking in a robust manner). It's up to you to pull in updates in the local repos and handle any potential issues in rebasing.

[nfnty]

Makes sense. This is a great tool! Thanks!

[falconindy]

No problem. I should probably document something along the lines of "best practices" for using asp, since these things might not be obvious to the non-Arch developer.