You will need an installed version of
Git, which you can
- get from
. Many systems already
+ get from
s://git-scm.com">. Many systems already
have a recent version of
Git installed by default, or
available in their package distribution system.
To begin using the Git repository, make a clone of the official mirror:
-git clone git://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git
+git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git
This will copy the full repository to your local machine, so it may take
- The Git mirror can also be reached via the HTTP protocol, if for example
- a firewall is blocking access to the Git protocol. Just change the URL
- prefix to https, as in:
+ The Git mirror can also be reached via the Git protocol. Just change the URL
+ prefix to git, as in:
-git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git
+git clone git://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git
- The HTTP protocol is less efficient than the Git protocol, so it will be
- slower to use.
Git can do a lot more things than just fetch the source. For
more information, consult the
Git man pages, or see the
+ website at
s://git-scm.com">.