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Cloning the Ceph Source Code Repository
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To clone the source, you must install Git. See `Set Up Git`_ for details.
.. _Set Up Git: ../git
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Clone the Source
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To clone the Ceph source code repository, execute::
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git
.. tip:: Make sure you maintain the latest copies of the submodules
included in the repository. Running ``git status`` will tell you if
- the submodules are out of date::
+ the submodules are out of date.
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cd ceph
git status
- If they are, run::
+If your submodules are out of date, run::
- git submodule update
+ git submodule update
Choose a Branch
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Once you clone the source code and submodules, your Ceph repository
will be on the ``master`` branch by default, which is the unstable
development branch. You may choose other branches too.
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git checkout master