Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-05-01 Thread Mark Abraham
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Justin Thanks for explanation. But I am a bit confused because I am new to git. When I check out release-4-6 branch, the source code should be the same as the one in tarball from Gromacs website, right? No. The

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-05-01 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
Thanks Justin and Mark I think I would checkout and create a branch from v4.6 tag. One more thing, would it be an issue if I install mulitple version's/branche's binaries and libraries in the same folder with branch specific suffixes to distinguish between them? Thanks Sikandar On Wed, May 1,

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-05-01 Thread Mark Abraham
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Justin and Mark I think I would checkout and create a branch from v4.6 tag. You don't need a branch until you are going to develop something. And there is no reason to make an install of an old point release

[gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
Hi I am following the git tutorial for the novice. It says to check out stable version one should use git checkout --track -b release-4-5-patches origin/release-4-5-patches Is there stable branch for 4.6? If yes, how do get it? I tried replacing 4-5 by 4-6 but I get the error: fatal: git

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Justin Lemkul
On 4/30/13 3:03 PM, Sikandar Mashayak wrote: Hi I am following the git tutorial for the novice. It says to check out stable version one should use git checkout --track -b release-4-5-patches origin/release-4-5-patches Is there stable branch for 4.6? If yes, how do get it? I tried replacing

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
Thanks Justin. I replaced release-4-5-patches with release-4-6 while checking out the branch. When I installed it and checked the version string I get VERSION 4.6.2-dev-20130429-d13fc48. Does that mean I got the version which is still under development and not stable and tested? Should I be

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Justin Lemkul
On 4/30/13 8:28 PM, Sikandar Mashayak wrote: Thanks Justin. I replaced release-4-5-patches with release-4-6 while checking out the branch. When I installed it and checked the version string I get VERSION 4.6.2-dev-20130429-d13fc48. Does that mean I got the version which is still under

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
Hi Justin Thanks for explanation. But I am a bit confused because I am new to git. When I check out release-4-6 branch, the source code should be the same as the one in tarball from Gromacs website, right? When I run git status I get # On branch release-4-6 nothing to commit (working directory

Re: [gmx-users] stable branch using git

2013-04-30 Thread Justin Lemkul
On 4/30/13 8:50 PM, Sikandar Mashayak wrote: Hi Justin Thanks for explanation. But I am a bit confused because I am new to git. When I check out release-4-6 branch, the source code should be the same as the one in tarball from Gromacs website, right? When I run git status I get # On branch