prep adds git+gitk and better help in quick git

diff --git a/scripts/core/prep_feisty_host.sh b/scripts/core/prep_feisty_host.sh
index 29995408d778c94c7dfd40fa575af638ace73695..35c4d6d7148c00d529ef3ef4f3181b771a38ab87 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/prep_feisty_host.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/prep_feisty_host.sh
@@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ PAX=(noop)
 PHASE_MESSAGE="installing crucial OS packages"
 
 if [ "$opsystem_here" == "debianesque" ]; then
-  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils gparted openssh-server )
+  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils git gitk gparted openssh-server )
 elif [ "$opsystem_here" == "redhatty" ]; then
-  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils gparted openssh-server )
+  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils git gitk gparted openssh-server )
 #untested: bind9-dnsutils
 elif [ "$opsystem_here" == "macos" ]; then
-  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils openssh-server )
+  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils git gitk openssh-server )
 #untested: bind9-dnsutils
 elif [ "$opsystem_here" == "windoze" ]; then
-  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils gparted openssh-server )
+  PAX=(bind9-dnsutils git gitk gparted openssh-server )
 #untested: bind9-dnsutils
 fi
 

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/quick_git_release.sh b/scripts/rev_control/quick_git_release.sh
index 69e6890012fa17a58e233e18db9a8a5e70497179..e87d860dc87f0384c7023daaf8ed66eb7d2f63f6 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/quick_git_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/quick_git_release.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ function make_new_feisty_meow_release()
 
   if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
     echo "\
-$scriptname: this script requires a version name to use for the new branch
-name.  this version name will become the new tag on the repository.
+$scriptname: this script requires a version number to use for the new branch.
+the version number will have 'release-' prepended to it to make the new
+version name.  for example, if '2.140.3000' is passed on the command line,
+it would yield a release name of 'release-2.140.3000' in the git repository.
 "
     return 1
   fi