I am working on a branch of the package DataStructures.jl. Until now I have been using git in a rather ad-hoc and tedious manner to get my commits posted to github. I would prefer to use a proper Julia package dev method. However, I don’t know the correct command to get started. Below is what I …

You run git clone url_of_repo local_path and then you have the repository on your computer. You can check out any branch that you want with git checkout branch. Then run ] dev local_path in an environment of your choice. The repository is now installed in that environment, “tracked” means that when …

If you use develop then you either track a local repository or clone a remote one and then track the local clone. From then on you decide what branch you’re checking out, so I assume that’s why the rev keyword doesn’t exist for develop. It would change anywaywith every commit you’re making on your b…

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! However, I don’t understand your answer. What does “track the local clone” mean? When you say “It could change anyway with every commit”, what could change? And is that good or bad? Here is what I want to do: get a copy of the current version of the c…

Thanks very much, that worked! One last question: What workflow is associated with specifying a remote URL in the ] dev command?

The repo will be cloned to .julia/dev by default, that folder can be changed too. But you can also do ] dev --local URL and then the repo will be cloned into ./dev relative to whatever your working directory is

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