Update handbook repository quick-start info now that loser git is live

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Wookey
2022-07-13 15:50:34 +01:00
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<dt>loser (The survey data) - <em>this will fail until it is moved from hg to git</em></dt><dd>This is all the survex files. You need this if you are rearranging and editing a lot of survey files.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/home/expo/loser</tt> (read/write)<br> or
<tt>hg clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com//home/expo/loser</tt> Note the double slash with hg !<br>
For both of these, you will be doing it from your folder which will contain the new <var>/loser/</var> folder.
<dt>loser (The survey data)</dt><dd>This is all the survex files. You need this if you are rearranging and editing a lot of survey files.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/loser</tt> (read/write)<br>
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<dt>drawings</dt><dd>These are the therion and tunnel cave vector drawing files. You need this if you are 'tunneling' a lot of cave surveys.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/home/expo/drawings</tt> (read/write)</dd>
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<p>Do not use the official "git for Windows" client software as it doesn't understand symlinks in the WSL filesystem (which is what we use on Windows). Use VS Code which understands WSL or a command line git in a WSL terminal window.</p>
<p>"Git is a 4 handle, dual boiler espresso machine &ndash; when all you need is instant."</p>
<p>Once you've downloaded and installed a git client, the first step is to create what is called a checkout of the data management system. This creates a copy on your machine which you can edit to your heart's content. The command to initially check out ('clone') the entire expo data management system is:</p>
<p><code>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com:expoweb</code></p>
<p><code>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/expoweb</code></p>
<p>for subsequent updates</p>
<p><code>git update</code></p>
<p>will generally do the trick.</p>