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Updated docs/topics/install.txt to note github URL instead of code.djangoproject.com
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If you'd like to be able to update your Django code occasionally with the
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latest bug fixes and improvements, follow these instructions:
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1. Make sure that you have Subversion_, Git_, or Mercurial_ installed, and
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that you can run its commands from a shell. (Enter ``svn help``,
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``git help``, or ``hg help`` at a shell prompt to test this.) Note that
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the Subversion repository is the canonical source for the official
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Git and Mercurial repositories and as such will always be the most up-to-date.
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1. Make sure that you have Git_ installed and that you can run its commands
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from a shell. (Enter ``git help`` at a shell prompt to test this.)
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2. Check out Django's main development branch (the 'trunk') like so:
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2. Check out Django's main development branch (the 'trunk' or 'master') like
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so:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# Subversion
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svn co https://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django-trunk
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git clone git://github.com/django/django.git django-trunk
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Mirrors of the Subversion repository can be obtained like so:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# Git (requires version 1.6.6 or later)
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git clone https://github.com/django/django.git
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# or (works with all versions)
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git clone git://github.com/django/django.git
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# Mercurial
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hg clone https://bitbucket.org/django/django
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.. warning ::
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These mirrors should be updated every 5 minutes but aren't guaranteed
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to be up-to-date since they are hosted on external services.
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This will create a directory ``django-trunk`` in your current directory.
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3. Next, make sure that the Python interpreter can load Django's code. The most
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convenient way to do this is to `modify Python's search path`_. Add a ``.pth``
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When you want to update your copy of the Django source code, just run the
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command ``svn update`` from within the ``django-trunk`` directory. When you do
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this, Subversion will automatically download any changes. The equivalent
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command for Git is ``git pull``, and for Mercurial ``hg pull --update``.
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command ``git pull`` from within the ``django-trunk`` directory. When you do
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this, Git will automatically download any changes.
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.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
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.. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
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.. _Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
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.. _`modify Python's search path`: http://docs.python.org/install/index.html#modifying-python-s-search-path

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