On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Vincent Davis <[email protected]>wrote:

> Ok so this is more of a git question but and I think it might be
> simple I just don't get it.
> Lets say I get a copy of numpy,
> $git clone http://github.com/numpy/numpy.git
> and now I what install the 1.4.1 release which is a "tag"
> or
> I want to install 1.4.x maintenance which is a "branch".
>
> My understanding is that git clone get everything, I kinda get how I
> can switch branches git checkout maintenance/1.4.x not sure about how
> to do this with tags and not really sure what this actually does.
>
> So is this right?
> If I
> git clone http://github.com/numpy/numpy.git
> git checkout v1.4.0
> I will not have release 1.4.0 source in my numpy folder?
>

if not=now, then yes.


> and
> git checkout maintenance/1.4.x
> I will have the maintenance/1.4.x source in my numpy folder?
>

yep.

>
> I got the link to
> http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/gitwash/index.html from another
> email tread but I don't think it can be found by starting at
> http://www.scipy.org/Developer_Zone
> How does one add a link to that page?
>

It's a wiki, the edit button (the talk cloud icon) works for me.

Cheers,
Ralf


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