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 Cloning the Ceph Source Code Repository
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To clone the source, you must install Git. See `Set Up Git`_ for details.

.. _Set Up Git: ../git

Clone the Source
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To clone the Ceph source code repository, execute::

	git clone git@github.com:ceph/ceph.git

Once ``git clone`` executes, you should have a full copy of the Ceph 
repository.

Clone the Submodules
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Before you can build Ceph, you must navigate to your new repository and get 
the ``init`` submodule and the ``update`` submodule::

	cd ceph
	git submodule init
	git submodule update

.. tip:: Make sure you maintain the latest copies of these submodules. 
   Running ``git status`` will tell you if the submodules are out of date::

	git status

Choose a Branch
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Once you clone the source code and submodules, your Ceph repository 
will be on the ``master`` branch by default, which is the unstable 
development branch. You may choose other branches too.

- ``master``: The unstable development branch.
- ``stable``: The bugfix branch.
- ``next``: The release candidate branch.

::

	git checkout master