Fs2 open on Linux/Acquiring the Code - Revision history

DAK at 06:05, 22 April 2025

2025-04-22T06:05:36Z

DAK: Guide to acquire the source code from GitHub

2025-04-22T06:04:58Z

Guide to acquire the source code from GitHub

Echelon9: Reflect source code hosting via Git

2015-05-03T04:32:03Z

Reflect source code hosting via Git

Niffiwan at 23:28, 25 April 2015

2015-04-25T23:28:14Z

Chief1983: Bypass useless CVS script page

2011-05-20T20:13:52Z

Bypass useless CVS script page

TopAce at 18:13, 24 September 2008

2008-09-24T18:13:02Z

R00b at 19:07, 22 June 2008

2008-06-22T19:07:46Z

Ni1s: cvs becomes subversion

2008-05-14T17:50:54Z

cvs becomes subversion

Castor: spelling

2007-10-27T10:02:58Z

spelling

Castor: Stable branch clarifications

2007-10-27T09:59:41Z

Stable branch clarifications

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 <hr>
-<h3>⚠️ ATTENTION</h3>
+<h1>⚠️ ATTENTION</h1>
 <ul>
 <li>Please clone the repository recursively. If not cloned recursively, the code may not compile on your machine.</li>

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 {{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary
 executable.}}
-Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
+This guide will walk the user through on how to acquire and download the source code locally to their machine.
- $ git clone https://github.com/scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com.git
+<h1>For New Users</h1>
-This will pull in the most recent source code from the 'master' branch.
+This section of the code will explain on how to acquire the source code and download it to your system. For the sake of simplicity to new users, I am using Visual Studio Code to demonstrate on how to clone the source code.
-<br>
 [[Category:FreeSpace Open on Linux|Acquiring the Code]]

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 {{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary
 executable.}}
-Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the svn command, this way git/svn will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have git/svn installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Git|Installing Git]] chapter on installing Git.
+Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the git command, this way git will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have git installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Git|Installing Git]] chapter on installing Git.
 Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
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   $ git clone https://github.com/scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com.git
- $ svn checkout svn://svn.icculus.org/fs2open/trunk/fs2_open (deprecated)
+This will pull in the most recent source code from the 'master' branch.
 <br>
 [[Category:FreeSpace Open on Linux|Acquiring the Code]]

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 {{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary
 executable.}}
-Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the svn command, this way svn will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have svn installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Subversion|Installing Subversion]] chapter on installing Subversion.
+Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the svn command, this way git/svn will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have git/svn installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Git|Installing Git]] chapter on installing Git.
 Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
   $ svn checkout svn://svn.icculus.org/fs2open/trunk/fs2_open
-This will pull in in the source code from the 'HEAD' branch.
+ $ git clone https://github.com/scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com.git
 <br>
 [[Category:FreeSpace Open on Linux|Acquiring the Code]]

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 CurrentPage=Acquiring the Code|Acquiring the Code|
 PrevPage=[[Fs2_open on Linux/Installing the Development Libraries|Installing the Development Libraries]]|
-NextPage=[[Fs2_open on Linux/Checkout Script|Checkout Script]]}}
+NextPage=[[Fs2 open on Linux/Pre-Compile Configuration|Pre-Compile Configuration]]}}
 <p></p>
 {{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary

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	This will pull in in the source code from the 'HEAD' branch.		This will pull in in the source code from the 'HEAD' branch.
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   $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@warpcore.org:/home/fs2source/cvsroot co -r fs2_open_3_6_9 fs2_open
 {{Note| For just playing the game it is usually best to get the code from the "stable branch", as it will generally be more.. stable.}}
-Both of the last two commands tell the CVS server that we want to checkout (co) the CVS module "fs2_open". Either from the default branch (the development branch - HEAD) or from the branch determined by the "-r" option. In the latter checkout we specified the branch "fs2_open_3_6_9" (implying the release 3.6.9 of FS2 Open), but this naming is only due to "historical reasons" - release specific branches don't exist at the time being, we will get the most recent stable code available by using that checkout.
+Both of the last two commands tell the CVS server that we want to checkout (co) the CVS module "fs2_open", either from the default branch (the development branch - HEAD) or from the branch determined by the "-r" option. In the latter checkout we specified the branch "fs2_open_3_6_9" (implying the release 3.6.9 of FS2 Open), but this naming is only due to "historical reasons" - release specific branches don't exist at the time being, we will get the most recent stable code available by using that checkout.
 <br>

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 Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
   $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@warpcore.org:/home/fs2source/cvsroot login
-This tells the CVS tool to first use a password file for authentication (pserver), that you are user "anonymous" with the password "anonymous" who wants to access warpcore.org's CVS repository "/home/fs2source/cvsroot" and login.<br><br>
+This tells the CVS tool to first use a password file for authentication (pserver), that you are user "anonymous" with the password "anonymous" who wants to access warpcore.org's CVS repository "/home/fs2source/cvsroot" and login.
 Next, get the code from the server we just connected to, either from the development branch:
   $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@warpcore.org:/home/fs2source/cvsroot co fs2_open
-..or from the "stable branch" (currently 3.6.9):
+..or from the "stable branch":
   $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@warpcore.org:/home/fs2source/cvsroot co -r fs2_open_3_6_9 fs2_open
 {{Note| For just playing the game it is usually best to get the code from the "stable branch", as it will generally be more.. stable.}}
-Both of the last two commands tell the CVS server that we want to checkout (co) the CVS module "fs2_open". Either from the default branch (the development branch - HEAD) or from the branch determined by the "-r" option.
+Both of the last two commands tell the CVS server that we want to checkout (co) the CVS module "fs2_open". Either from the default branch (the development branch - HEAD) or from the branch determined by the "-r" option. In the latter checkout we specified the branch "fs2_open_3_6_9" (implying the release 3.6.9 of FS2 Open), but this naming is only due to "historical reasons" - release specific branches don't exist at the time being, we will get the most recent stable code available by using that checkout.
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