2bsd2git
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a collection of small utilities for automatic transmogrification of
2.11-BSD patches into git commits. it can also turn manpages into HTML
if you have mandoc(1) installed. if not, get it from: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/

status
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this thing is a work in progress so adjust expectations accordingly.

known issues
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- the cleanup could remove lots of other things without affecting patching
  (prime example: catman pages)
- the only piece of file metadata git stores is the executable bit
- replicating the application recipe in patch2commit.sh is what it is

todo
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verify the output against a manually upgraded known-good system.

quick guide
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from zero to repo:

$ make

subtargets
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HTML manpages:

$ make html-manpages

apply a single patch:

$ make PATCH=460 apply

update the 2.11-BSD distribution files via rsync:

$ make update

longer explanation
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the default make target does the following:

- rsync 2.11-BSD from TUHS
- extract the root dump and file[678].tar.gz into a directory
- remove binaries
- create a git commit from this, using VERSION file as the message and
  its timestamp as the commit date
- unpack patches into a separate directory
- start applying patches one by one, using the patch file date as the commit
  date

license
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MIT license applies, see the file LICENSE for more information.