Hi, Could it be that you missed to CD into the directory created after the git clone? The error messages you see look like this.
Uwe Am 17. November 2016 21:00:52 MEZ schrieb Steve Rowe <[email protected]>: >Peter, > >My suggestion: start over - just do the following in an empty >directory. > >----- >git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr.git # >same as you did originally >git checkout branch_6_3 >----- > >(BTW, branch_6_3 is *not* the 6.3.0 branch. It is the 6.3.x branch - >future 6.3.x patch releases will be built off of it - but the name of >the branch is spelled without the “.x”) > >-- >Steve >www.lucidworks.com > >> On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I used git clone >https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr.git (per >https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute#Be_Involved), which worked >fine. Then I tried various git checkout branch_ variations, including >branch_6_3. After that I tried git iniit, followed by get checkout, >which I saw in a few past postings. I still have the code that I >cloned, but not the 6.3.0 branch... Not sure what's the matter. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Rowe [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 17 November 2016 07:40 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Checkout branch_6x? >> >> Peter, >> >> I’ve never used ‘git init’ - its man page says "This command creates >an empty Git repository”. So it’s not surprising that you don’t find >any branches from a Lucene/Solr repository, since what you get after >this has no connection with Lucene/Solr. >> >> What command did you use to clone the Lucene/Solr repo? >> >> -- >> Steve >> www.lucidworks.com >> >>> On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) ><[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Steve, >>> >>> Cheers for the quick reply! >>> >>> I tried that, but it doesn't appear to work: >>> >>> $ git init >>> Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/dev/solr/.git/ >>> >>> $ git checkout branch_6_3 >>> error: pathspec 'branch_6_3' did not match any file(s) known to git. >>> >>> I also tried git branch -a beforehand, but it doesn't return >anything. I'm using Git Bash on (dreaded) Windows, so I wonder if >that's the issue...? I managed to clone the repo, though. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Steve Rowe [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: 17 November 2016 07:25 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Checkout branch_6x? >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> It’s named branch_6_3 (there is no trailing ‘0’). >>> >>> You can see a list of branch names with: >>> >>> $ git branch -a >>> >>> -- >>> Steve >>> www.lucidworks.com >>> >>>> On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) ><[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I’ve been using Solr for the past 10 years, but have yet to >contribute to the codebase. I’m trying to checkout branch 6.3.0, but >to no avail. >>>> >>>> I’ve cloned the read/write repo, and am trying to do git checkout >branch_6.3.0 (and every variation thereof, e.g., branch_6_3_0, >branch_630, etc.). I keep getting the following error: >>>> >>>> error: pathspec 'branch_6x' did not match any file(s) known to git. >>>> >>>> I’ve issued a git init before git checkout. What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For >>> additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For >>> additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For >additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, 28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de
