Re: Source code, git and cvs

[Po Lu]

uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> writes:

> What is the difference between 
>
> git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git
>
> and
>
> git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git

The first command checks out the master branch of the Emacs repository
over the HTTP protocol, while the other does so over the Git protocol.

git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git means exactly the same as
git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git; it is simply a more concise version
of the other repository path.

The difference between the two paths is of no relevance to prospective
Emacs developers.  All of this is spelt out clearly in CONTRIBUTE and
countless other documents, such as the manual pages for `git clone'.

> And what is this exactly
>
> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org: 
>  /sources/emacs co emacs

This is an obsolete method of obtaining a checkout of the in-development
Emacs source code.