.. _following-latest: ============================= Following the latest source ============================= These are the instructions if you just want to follow the latest *NumPy* source, but you don't need to do any development for now. If you do want to contribute a patch (excellent!) or do more extensive NumPy development, see :ref:`development-workflow`. The steps are: * :ref:`install-git` * get local copy of the git repository from Github_ * update local copy from time to time Get the local copy of the code ============================== From the command line:: git clone git://github.com/numpy/numpy.git You now have a copy of the code tree in the new ``numpy`` directory. If this doesn't work you can try the alternative read-only url:: git clone https://github.com/numpy/numpy.git Updating the code ================= From time to time you may want to pull down the latest code. Do this with:: cd numpy git fetch git merge --ff-only The tree in ``numpy`` will now have the latest changes from the initial repository. .. _Github: https://github.com/numpy