[gits] importing code from other sources

[eeide at cs.utah.edu (Eric Eide)]

	Leigh> I have some code that I imported from a foreign source and
	Leigh> modified to work locally.
	Leigh> 
	Leigh> Now I want to update from a more modern version of the imported
	Leigh> code, applying our local changes into that.
	Leigh> 
	Leigh> Is there a reasonable why to do this in git? 

Assuming that the remote side isn't just a git repo, I would

  + create a "vendor" branch
  + import snapshots from the vendor onto that branch
  + do local work on the master branch
  + as needed, "git checkout master && git merge vendor"

The A3 "unfs" repository is set up in this style.

Eric.

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