Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

[Tony Yu <ts...@gm...>]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Chris <pl...@gm...> wrote:

> New error at `git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker v1.1.x':
>
> fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching
> branches.
> Did you intend to checkout 'v1.1.x' which can not be resolved as commit?
>
> - Chris
>

That looks like something I've done before without issue. Maybe you're on
an older version of git. In any case, you can break this up into two steps

# change to maintenance branch
git checkout v1.1.x

# create new branch based on current checkout
git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker


Then continue as John instructed.

-Tony




>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Tony Yu <ts...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >>> git clone gi...@gi...:matplotlib/matplotlib.git matplotlib.git
> >>>
> >>> did not go through.
> >>>
> >>> - Chris
> >>>
> >>
> >> I don't think you want the ".git" at the very end of the clone command.
> >> That just tells get where (i.e. new directory) to put the repo.
> >>
> >
> > I don't think that is the problem.  I just add the .git extension because
> > the default is to check out a directory called "matplotlib" which if it
> is
> > located in the path you are running or testing from, will confuse the
> > import.  So I just add some extension so python won't confuse the mpl src
> > dir ("matplotlib.git") with the mpl package ("matplotlib").
>