Commit 9e694c22 authored by Robert Schmidt's avatar Robert Schmidt

Stream line information on how to get sources

- come straight to point: how to clone (don't talk about git config)
- refer to contributing documentation where necessary instead of
  repeating information
parent 6ba76d6a
The OpenAirInterface software can be obtained from our gitLab
server. You will need a git client to get the sources. The repository
is currently used for main developments.
The OpenAirInterface software can be obtained from our gitLab server. You will
need a git client to get the sources. The repository is used for main
developments.
# Prerequisites
You need to install git using the following commands:
You need to install `git` using the following commands:
```shell
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
```
# Using EURECOM Gitlab
# Clone the Git repository (for OAI Users without login to gitlab server)
The [openairinterface5g repository](https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g.git)
holds the source code for the RAN (4G and 5G).
Configure git with your name/email address (only important if you are developer and want to contribute/push code to Git Repository):
## All users, anonymous access
Clone the RAN repository:
```shell
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "Your email address"
git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g.git
```
## In order to clone the Git repository (for OAI Users without login to gitlab server)
## For contributors
Cloning RAN repository:
Configure git with your name/email address, important if you are developer and
want to contribute by pushing code. Please put your full name and the e-mail
address you use in Gitlab.
```shell
git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g.git
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "Your email address"
```
## In order to contribute to the Git RAN repository (for OAI Developers/admins with login to gitlab server)
Please send email to [contact@openairinterface.org](mailto:contact@openairinterface.org) to be added to the repository
as a developer (only important for users who want to commit code to the repository). If
you do not have account on gitlab.eurecom.fr, please register yourself to gitlab.eurecom.fr and provide the login name in the email.
More information can be found in [a separate page](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
More information can be found in [the contributing page](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
# Which branch to checkout?
`develop`: contains recent commits that are tested on our CI test bench. The update frequency is about once a week. 5G is only in this branch. It is the recommended and default branch.
`master`: contains a stable version of 4G, and will be updated in the future with 5G.
- `develop`: contains recent commits that are tested on our CI test bench. The
update frequency is about once a week. 5G is only in this branch. **It is the
recommended and default branch.**
- `master`: contains a known stable version.
Please see the work flow and policies page: https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/wikis/oai-policies-home
You can find the latest stable tag release here: https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/tags
You can find the latest stable tag release here:
https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/tags
The tag naming conventions are:
- On `master` branch: **v1.`x`.`y`** where
* `x` is the minor release number, incremented every 2-3 months when we are merging `develop` into `master` branch.
* `y` is the maintenance number, starting at 0 when we do a minor release and being incremented when a bug fix is incorporated into `master` branch.
- On `master` branch: **v`x`.`y`.`z`**
- On `develop` branch **`yyyy`.w`xx`**
* `yyyy` is the calendar year
* `xx` the week number within the year
More information on work flow and policies can be found in [this
document](./code-style-contrib.md).
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