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[PATCH 13/16] ebuild-maintenance: rewrite the subsection on removing packages for git #558642
Substitute the mentions of CVS with git.
Rewrite CVS commands with their git equivalents.
Remove the paragraph about deleting directories in CVS.

X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642
Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@binghamton.edu>

diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml
index 4078d46..7014689 100644
--- a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml
@@ -396,20 +396,15 @@ When removing packages follow these steps:
<li>Send last rites to gentoo-dev-announce and gentoo-dev</li>
<li>Mask the package</li>
<li>Wait 30 days (or more)</li>
- <li>Remove from CVS unless the reason for removal has been fixed</li>
+ <li>Remove from the git tree unless the reason for removal has been fixed</li>
<li>Remove package.mask entry</li>
<li>Close open bugs as WONTFIX</li>
</ol>

-<p>
-In order to remove a package completely from CVS, delete any files from the
-directory and commit this, CVS will take care of removing empty directories
-itself.
-</p>
-
-<pre caption="Removing a package from CVS"><comment>#</comment> <keyword>cd</keyword> app-admin
-<comment>#</comment> <keyword>cvs</keyword> rm -Rf scotty
-<comment>#</comment> <keyword>cvs</keyword> ci -m "app-admin/scotty removal (pending 21st July 2006), see #77501 for reference." scotty</pre>
+<pre caption="Removing a package from git">
+<comment>#</comment> <keyword>cd</keyword> app-admin
+<comment>#</comment> <keyword>git</keyword> rm -rf scotty
+<comment>#</comment> <keyword>git</keyword> commit --gpg-sign -m "app-admin/scotty: removal (pending 21st July 2006), see #77501 for reference." scotty</pre>

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