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

[Sylvestre Ledru]

and if you want to download exactly the 5.4.0-alpha-1 
git checkout 5.4.0-alpha-1
will do the work.

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Le samedi 17 décembre 2011 à 09:24 +0100, Vincent COUVERT a écrit :
> 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
> 

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