That was it.  Thanks, Uwe and Steve.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rowe [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 17 November 2016 09:12 PM
To: Lucene Dev
Subject: Re: Checkout branch_6x?

You’re right Uwe, that should be the middle step in my list.

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Steve
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> On Nov 17, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could it be that you missed to CD into the directory created after the git 
> clone? The error messages you see look like this.
> 
> Uwe
> 
> Am 17. November 2016 21:00:52 MEZ schrieb Steve Rowe <[email protected]>:
> Peter,
> 
> My suggestion: start over - just do the following in an empty directory.
> 
> -----
> git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr.git  # 
> same as you did originally git checkout branch_6_3
> -----
> 
> (BTW, branch_6_3 is *not* the 6.3.0 branch.  It is the 6.3.x branch - 
> future 6.3.x patch releases will be built off of it - but the name of 
> the branch is spelled without the “.x”)
> 
> --
> Steve
> www.lucidworks.com
> 
>  On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>  
>  I used git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene-solr.git 
> (per https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute#Be_Involved), which worked 
> fine.  Then I tried various git checkout branch_ variations, including 
> branch_6_3.  After that I tried git iniit, followed by get checkout, which I 
> saw in a few past postings.  I still have the code that I cloned, but not the 
> 6.3.0 branch...   Not sure what's the matter.
>  
>  
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Steve Rowe [mailto:[email protected]]
>  Sent: 17 November 2016 07:40 PM
>  To: [email protected]
>  Subject: Re: Checkout branch_6x?
>  
>  Peter,
>  
>  I’ve never used ‘git init’ - its man page says "This command creates an 
> empty Git repository”.  So it’s not surprising that you don’t find any 
> branches from a Lucene/Solr repository, since what you get after this has no 
> connection with Lucene/Solr.
>  
>  What command did you use to clone the Lucene/Solr repo?
>  
>  --
>  Steve
>  www.lucidworks.com
>  
>  On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>  
>  Hi Steve,
>  
>  Cheers for the quick reply!
>  
>  I tried that, but it doesn't appear to work:
>  
>  $ git init
>  Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/dev/solr/.git/
>  
>  $ git checkout branch_6_3
>  error: pathspec 'branch_6_3' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>  
>  I also tried git branch -a beforehand, but it doesn't return anything.  I'm 
> using Git Bash on (dreaded) Windows, so I wonder if that's the issue...?  I 
> managed to clone the repo, though.
>  
>  Peter
>  
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Steve Rowe [mailto:[email protected]]
>  Sent: 17 November 2016 07:25 PM
>  To: [email protected]
>  Subject: Re: Checkout branch_6x?
>  
>  Hi Peter,
>  
>  It’s named branch_6_3 (there is no trailing ‘0’).
>  
>  You can see a list of branch names with:
>  
>  $ git branch -a
>  
>  --
>  Steve
>  www.lucidworks.com
>  
>  On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Cotroneo, Peter (ELS) <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  I’ve been using Solr for the past 10 years,  but have yet  to contribute to 
> the codebase.  I’m trying to checkout branch 6.3.0, but to no avail.
>  
>  I’ve cloned the read/write repo, and am trying to do git checkout 
> branch_6.3.0 (and every variation thereof, e.g., branch_6_3_0, branch_630, 
> etc.).  I keep getting the following error:
>  
>  error: pathspec 'branch_6x' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>  
>  I’ve issued a git init before git checkout.  What am I doing wrong?
>  
>  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>  
>  Cheers,
>  
>  Peter
>  
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