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I see these instruction in then docs for building etcd from sources
despite that I see branch names like
Is that how it is supposed to be? they seem to differ quite a lot |
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Hi @dulhaver, the latest 3.5 release is Once the release criteria is met for a supported version (3.4 and 3.5), it will be released (and the tag will point to that specific commit). You should check out a specific tag, as you may get a version with unstable functionality (unlikely, as these two branches get only bug fixes, backports, and dependency updates). Still, if you're building from the sources, that's the only way to know you're running what was released in that specific version. |
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great, thanks a ton @ivanvc |
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Yes,
HEAD
is the latest commit in a branch. After you clone, agit pull origin release-3.5
would also bring the latestHEAD
.Yes, you're correct. I also forgot to mention that the following message from Git:
It is not an error. It states precisely that you're on a specific commit (because tags point to commits).