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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.
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To clone the Ceph source code repository, execute::
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git clone git@github.com:ceph/ceph.git
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Once ``git clone`` executes, you should have a full copy of the Ceph
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Before you can build Ceph, you must navigate to your new repository and get
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the ``init`` submodule and the ``update`` submodule::
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.. tip:: Make sure you maintain the latest copies of these submodules.
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Running ``git status`` will tell you if the submodules are out of date::
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Once you clone the source code and submodules, your Ceph repository
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will be on the ``master`` branch by default, which is the unstable
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development branch. You may choose other branches too.
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- ``master``: The unstable development branch.
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- ``stable``: The bugfix branch.
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- ``next``: The release candidate branch.