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.. _doc_getting_source:
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Getting the source
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==================
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.. highlight:: shell
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Downloading the Godot source code
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---------------------------------
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Before :ref:`getting into the SCons build system <doc_introduction_to_the_buildsystem>`
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and compiling Godot, you need to actually download the Godot source code.
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The source code is available on `GitHub <https://github.com/godotengine/godot>`__
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and while you can manually download it via the website, in general you want to
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do it via the ``git`` version control system.
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If you are compiling in order to make contributions or pull requests, you should
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follow the instructions from the :ref:`Pull Request workflow <doc_pr_workflow>`.
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If you don't know much about ``git`` yet, there are a great number of
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`tutorials <https://git-scm.com/book>`__ available on various websites.
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In general, you need to install ``git`` and/or one of the various GUI clients.
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Afterwards, to get the latest development version of the Godot source code
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(the unstable ``master`` branch), you can use ``git clone``.
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If you are using the ``git`` command line client, this is done by entering
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the following in a terminal:
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::
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git clone https://github.com/godotengine/godot.git
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# You can add the --depth 1 argument to omit the commit history (shallow clone).
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# A shallow clone is faster, but not all Git operations (like blame) will work.
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For any stable release, visit the `release page <https://github.com/godotengine/godot/releases>`__
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and click on the link for the release you want.
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You can then download and extract the source from the download link on the page.
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With ``git``, you can also clone a stable release by specifying its branch or tag
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after the ``--branch`` (or just ``-b``) argument::
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# Clone the continuously maintained stable branch (`4.3` as of writing).
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git clone https://github.com/godotengine/godot.git -b 4.3
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# Clone the `4.3-stable` tag. This is a fixed revision that will never change.
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git clone https://github.com/godotengine/godot.git -b 4.3-stable
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# After cloning, optionally go to a specific commit.
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# This can be used to access the source code at a specific point in time,
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# e.g. for development snapshots, betas and release candidates.
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cd godot
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git checkout f4af8201bac157b9d47e336203d3e8a8ef729de2
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The `maintenance branches <https://github.com/godotengine/godot/branches/all>`__
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are used to release further patches on each minor version.
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You can get the source code for each release and pre-release in ``.tar.xz`` format from
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`godotengine/godot-builds on GitHub <https://github.com/godotengine/godot-builds/releases>`__.
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This lacks version control information but has a slightly smaller download size.
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After downloading the Godot source code,
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you can :ref:`continue to compiling Godot <doc_introduction_to_the_buildsystem>`.
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