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@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better: Christian Metts michal@plovarna.cz Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com> + Shawn Milochik <shawn@milochik.com> mitakummaa@gmail.com mmarshall Andreas Mock <andreas.mock@web.de> diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt index 1058eb2569..028fadebba 100644 --- a/docs/topics/install.txt +++ b/docs/topics/install.txt @@ -236,16 +236,34 @@ Installing the development version If you'd like to be able to update your Django code occasionally with the latest bug fixes and improvements, follow these instructions: -1. Make sure that you have Subversion_ installed, and that you can run its - commands from a shell. (Enter ``svn help`` at a shell prompt to test - this.) +1. Make sure that you have Subversion_, Git_, or Mercurial_ installed, and + that you can run its commands from a shell. (Enter ``svn help``, + ``git help``, or ``hg help`` at a shell prompt to test this.) Note that + the Subversion repository is the canonical source for the official + Git and Mercurial repositories and as such will always be the most up-to-date. 2. Check out Django's main development branch (the 'trunk') like so: .. code-block:: bash + # Subversion svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django-trunk + Mirrors of the Subversion repository can be obtained like so: + + .. code-block:: bash + + # Git + git clone https://github.com/django/django.git + + # Mercurial + hg clone https://bitbucket.org/django/django + + .. warning :: + + These mirrors should be updated every 5 minutes but aren't guaranteed + to be up-to-date since they are hosted on external services. + 3. Next, make sure that the Python interpreter can load Django's code. The most convenient way to do this is to `modify Python's search path`_. Add a ``.pth`` file containing the full path to the ``django-trunk`` directory to your @@ -288,4 +306,6 @@ this, Subversion will automatically download any changes. .. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/ .. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/ +.. _Git: http://git-scm.com/ +.. _Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/ .. _`modify Python's search path`: http://docs.python.org/install/index.html#modifying-python-s-search-path |