doc/git-setup.txt

Some of us are using git for managing quickly changing code. This file has
notes for setting that up.

[Cloning]
`git clone \
    ssh://USERNAME@robotics.mvla.net/www/https/git/frc971/SOMEBODY/2014.git`
  where USERNAME is your login on the server and SOMEBODY is whoever's git
  repo you want to clone
If you don't have a login on the server, then cloning
  https://robotics.mvla.net/git/frc971/somebody/2014.git instead should work
  (with your SVN username and password). However, that form of URL is read-
  only. In order for this to work, you have to either set the environment
  variable GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY to 1 or set the git option http.sslverify to false.
  If you get an error like the one below, install a newer version of git.
    Unable to find 8fcd87533b76ca5b4b83fb6031ddf0de5e03eb57 under https://robotics.mvla.net/git/frc971/brian/2013.git
    Cannot obtain needed object 8fcd87533b76ca5b4b83fb6031ddf0de5e03eb57
    error: Fetch failed.
  I get this error sometimes with version 1.7.2.5 but not with version 1.7.10.4.

[Adding Other People's Repositories]
`git remote add SOMEBODY \
    ssh://USERNAME@robotics.mvla.net/www/https/git/frc971/SOMEBODY/2014.git`
  where USERNAME is your login on the server and SOMEBODY is another person's
  git repository
The https:// URL discussed above in [Cloning] will work too.

[Working with Other People's Repositories]
`git fetch SOMEBODY` will pull their changes, and then you can rebase on top of
  them, merge them in, etc.
`git push --mirror` will push all of your local branches so that everybody else
  can see them. (This is the default if the configuration option remote.<remote>.mirror is set.)
  However, you can not do that with an https:// URL.

[Synchronizing with SVN]
Somebody should occasionally copy all of the files from git (bbb_cape,
  frc971, and aos) into svn.

[Server Setup]
You need a place to store your files. You will need an adminstrator to
  create a folder for you in /www/https/git/frc971 (on the server) with the
  correct permissions and group.

[Repository Setup]
To create a git repository on the server,
  `git init --bare 2014.git` in your folder (ie
    "/www/https/git/frc971/USERNAME/"), `cd 2014.git`,
    `git config --local gc.pruneExpire never`, `rm -r objects/`, and then
    `ln -s /www/https/git/frc971/objects/2014 objects`. That will set you up
    with a repository in the standard location and make it so all of the objects
    in it won't be duplicated with the identical ones in everybody else's
    repositories.
In order for https:// access to work, you have to make sure to rename
  .git/hooks/post-update.sample to .git/hooks/post-update (and then run
  `git update-server-info` if you're not going to push immediately).

To learn more about git, see git(1) (`man git` or
  <http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=git>) (especially the NOTES
  section).