Changes between Version 64 and Version 65 of Building/GettingTheSources

Timestamp:

06/26/11 06:58:15 (2 years ago)

Author:

igloo

Comment:

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Building/GettingTheSources

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 The above instructions will get the HEAD - the main trunk of GHC development.  There are also branches, from which stable releases are made.  The active branches are listed on [wiki:Repositories].
 
-To get a branch, first get a ghc tree as normal. You must get it from a repo that contains the branch; in particular, local clones of the central repo will normally not include the branches that are in the central repo. Then run
+To get a branch, you need to get from a repo that contains the branch; in particular, local clones of the central repo will normally not include the branches that are in the central repo.
+
+There are two ways of getting a branch. To get one from scratch, run
 {{{
-./sync-all checkout branch-name
+  $ git clone -b branch-name http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc.git/
+  $ cd ghc
+  $ ./sync-all --testsuite get -b branch-name
+}}}
+
+If you already have a GHC tree, then you can switch to another branch with
+{{{
+  $ ./sync-all checkout branch-name
 }}}