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Well I've been trying to find out the difference between data mapper and repository, but up to now I still have not. It seems to me that the expert programmer said "Repository is another layer of abstraction over the mapping layer where query construction code is concentrated". It seems understandable but is still somewhat very abstract. I read this article on stackoverflow before, and it just made me even more confused: How is the Data Mapper pattern different from the Repository Pattern? I guess what I need are simple explanations and concrete/practical examples on how the two patterns

This question may be dumb, but I've been wondering it for a while. It's about git repositories, but I assume it's the same for local repositories for other DVCS'. Lets say my project is like this when it starts: Project .git all the other folders in the project So that's how it would work when you set it up right? Lets say I move the Project folder somewhere else, would I have to change anything? Or is all the repository stuff in the .git folder relative only to the Project folder ignoring the whole file tree above Project. I'm pretty sure moving Project wouldn't matter but I just wanted to

I'm trying to create a new branch of the AOSP (on my development machine) and push it to a local mirror (on a server on the same LAN). I can't find documentation of the "repo" tool that explains how to do this. I've created a mirror of the AOSP source on my server using: $ mkdir -p ~/aosp/mirror $ cd ~/aosp/mirror $ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/mirror/manifest --mirror Then I sync'd on a different computer: $ repo init -u <USERNAME>@<IP_OF_SERVER>:/home/<USERNAME>/aosp/mirror/platform/manifest.git -b android-4.2.2_1 $ repo sync So far so good. I'm using "-b android-4.2.2_1"

I'm following this documentation: https://help.github.com/articles/duplicating-a-repository/ git clone --mirror https://github.com/exampleuser/repository-to-mirror.git cd repository-to-mirror.git git push --mirror https://github.com/exampleuser/mirrored The output shows that the repository is pushed as a mirror, but for some reason I'm getting these errors as well: ! [remote rejected] refs/pull/1/head -> refs/pull/1/head (deny updating a hidden ref) ! [remote rejected] refs/pull/1/merge -> refs/pull/1/merge (deny updating a hidden ref) What are these errors? Can I assume the repository was

I feel I have a pretty good understanding of git, but when it comes to the repo command, I get lost. I've read about the repo command, but I'm still not sure how it ties everything together. My biggest question is can I change my current branches from gingerbread to ICS and possibly back? I see the command: repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest From my understanding, this will create a repo with the master branch. If I want to specify the branch, I can do: repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1 The download is about 8GB, I

We got a necessity to fetch a zipball of a private repo. For public ones it's pretty easy either through GitHub API or manually ( https://github.com/user/repo/zipball/master ). But what about private repos? Not exactly obvious how to do it even having oAuth token. roychri New Alternative Because the given accepted answer does not work anymore, I thought I would explain how I was able to do it with the new changes in the github API. The new Download Api Link First, I found information about downloading the archive here: https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#get-archive-link Public