[Scilab-Dev] trouble checking out 5.4 from git sources

[Vincent COUVERT]

Hi Dean,

The 5.4 branch has not been created yet. To get the 5.4 version sources, 
just checkout the master branch.

5.4 branch will be created once 5.4.0 version will be released.

Regards,
Vincent

Le 17/12/11 02:55, Dean S. Messing a écrit :
> I'm trying (mutatis mutandis) to follow the instructions here:
>
>    <wiki.scilab.org/GIT step by Step>
>
> but am getting errors in trying to checkout the 5.4 branch.
> I first cloned the repository using
>
>     git clone git://git.scilab.org/scilab git_Scilab_5.4_pristine
>
> which completed w/o error. Then:
>
>     cd git_Scilab_5.4_pristine
>
> and
>
>    git branch 5.4 refs/remotes/origin/5.4
>
>    fatal: Not a valid object name: 'refs/remotes/origin/5.4'.
>
> I know nothing technical about git, but I successfully did this
> for the 5.3 branch and was able to maintain and update my 5.3 repo
> all throughout development.
>
> Dean