Bug 296536 - how to gitify a pre-installed /usr/ports ?
Summary: how to gitify a pre-installed /usr/ports ?
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
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Reported: 2026-07-05 14:45 UTC by Andrew Cagney
Modified: 2026-07-05 17:25 UTC (History)
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Description Andrew Cagney 2026-07-05 14:45:59 UTC 
I've a clean 14.x install which includes an unpacked /usr/ports.  While there's `.gitignore`, there's no `.git` db.

I'm trying to set it up with a matching git repo, but this scenario doesn't seem to be discussed in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/

(why do I suspect that long ago this wasn't a problem because ports shipped with CVS)

I'm stuck at the first step as I can't even tell the tag used when /usr/ports was created with a git export.