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I'm working on a project (a fork of bitcoin) that has initially been commited to github that uses the gitian build system. At this point I'd like to set up a local environment that allows me to change code and test changes without commiting them to a git repository.

Is there a way to configure gitian to work with local files that don't have a corresponding git repository, taking advantage of the deterministic build environment without the integrity checks?

Lurzim Sabahudin
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If anyone else happens to be dealing with the same tools, the answer is very simple. You can specify a local git repository with filesystem path instead of a remote git URL in your .yml gitian descriptor file. 

remotes:
- "url": "/home/user/project"
  "dir": "project"

Then branch off your project and commit your changes with git.

When running gbuild, specify the branch/commit with --commit project=branchname.

Lurzim Sabahudin
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  • +1 that's the most elegant solution, I actually just made a local bare repository and used that instead of the remote / github url - everything else is pretty much the same, I can adjust things locally while testing/tweaking - a only push to remote once all is tested out. – NSGaga-mostly-inactive Mar 13 '19 at 11:25