Hi, Following the steps of other open source security tools like Metasploit Framework[1] and BeEF[2] and the persistent requests by some users, we have recently decided to move from our own managed Subversion (SVN) repository[3] to Git[4] and the obvious choice is GitHub[5].
All development on sqlmap is now managed though Git and the official repository is available to anyone at https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap. The Subversion repository[3] has been ported to GitHub flawlessly hence we retain the commits history. The main advantage of Git over SVN, in part also due to the success of GitHub users' friendly interface and social feel, is that anyone can fork[6] the official repository, modify the code, and send a pull request[7]: hopefully, in time, this will encourage you to contribute towards the development of sqlmap. In order to keep your copy of sqlmap always updated, we recommend you to clone locally the Git repository as follows: $ git clone https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git sqlmap-dev Soon, we will adapt the sqlmap's switch --update to pull changes from the Git repository so you will be able to update to the latest development version any time by running either of the following two commands (in the meantime use the latter only): $ cd sqlmap-dev ; python sqlmap.py --update $ cd sqlmap-dev ; git pull The Subversion repository[3] will be dismissed on June 30. If you have an account on GitHub you can start watching the development clicking on https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/toggle_watch too. As a bonus, we have also decided to open publicly our issues list - you can find it on https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues: do not hesitate to report bugs and request features from the web interface as well. Please, help to spread the news! [1] https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2011/11/10/git-while-the-gitting-is-good [2] https://github.com/beefproject/beef [3] https://svn.sqlmap.org/sqlmap/trunk/sqlmap [4] http://git-scm.com/ [5] https://github.com [6] https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/fork_select [7] http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/ -- Bernardo Damele A. G. Homepage: http://about.me/inquis E-mail / Jabber: bernardo.damele (at) gmail.com Mobile: +447788962949 (UK 07788962949) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ sqlmap-users mailing list sqlmap-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlmap-users
