Frequently Asked Questions concering the RCS.
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CDF-related questions
How to generate a master CDF binary file?
The CDF mechanism principle for RPW is described here.
For more information about the CDF and skeleton/master mechanism, visit http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
How to deliver a skeleton CDF file in Excel 2007 format using Git?
Once a local copy of the "rcs" branch of the ROC "DataPool" Git respository is available (see next question below to know how to get it), the skeleton file(s) to submit must be saved into:
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- The comment is mandatory in the "git commit" command.
- The command "git add --all" can be used to include automatically all the files to commit (use with caution).
ROC Gitlab-related questions
How to get a local copy of the ROC "DataPool" Git repository?
The RCS skeleton CDF files must deliver to the ROC team using Git.
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- All of the "git ..." command must be run from the DataPool/ folder
- The "git pull" command should always be run at first, in order to ensure that the remote and local branches are always synchronized
- To switch from a branch to another, use the "git checkout name_of_the_branch" command.
How to access to the ROC "DataPool" Git repository?
- Connect a first time to the gitlab server https://gitlab.obspm.fr, using your LDAP login/pass (i.e., the same used to access to the roc-dev server.)
- Send an email to the roc.support list when it is done, and the ROC team will give you the access to the repository
- You should then be able to see the https://gitlab.obspm.fr/ROC/DataPool repository
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