.. _following-latest: ============================= Following the latest source ============================= These are the instructions if you just want to follow the latest *ipython* source, but you don't need to do any development for now. 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/ipython/ipython.git You now have a copy of the code tree in the new ``ipython`` directory. Updating the code ================= From time to time you may want to pull down the latest code. Do this with:: cd ipython git pull The tree in ``ipython`` will now have the latest changes from the initial repository. .. include:: git_links.txt