On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]> wrote: >> I switched to a linux box. > > +1 > >> >> How do I download only Aleksandar's clone, with all his code changes >> merged as a tarball? I thought github lets me do it but I keep downloading >> the wrong tarball. > > > The nicest way is to use git (this also lets you update once he makes > changes very easily) > > sudo apt-get install git # if you're using debian/ubuntu > git clone git://github.com/sympy/sympy.git
Thanks! This worked:-) > git remote add -f his_username git://github.com/his_username/sympy.git git remote add -f amakelov git://github.com/amakelov/sympy.git did not work and returned: "fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git" I hve no idea what that means! > git checkout his_username/branch_name I tried git checkout git://github.com/amakelov/sympy.git and git checkout git://github.com/amakelov/sympy but neither worked. I thought the branch name would be visible from https://github.com/amakelov, but I don't know. > ... play with code > git checkout master # when you're done > > and you're good to go. When he makes changes you can run > git remote update his_username > git checkout his_username/branch_name > > and you'll be all caught up > > > If you really want a tarball it looks like the following link works > https://github.com/his_username/sympy/tarball/branch_name > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
