1.1 获取源代码树

这一节讲如何获取MySQL源代码树，它当前已经在GitHub上可以获得。

MySQL正式加入GitHub是在2014年9月。关于MySQL搬迁至GitHub更多的信息，请参阅MySQL Release Engineering博客的申明：MySQL on GitHub。

从GitHub上获取MySQL源代码树，请遵循下面步骤：

1. 克隆MySQL Git仓库到你的机器。 如下命令克隆MySQL Git仓库到一个名为mysql-server的目录。下载大小接近437MB。

1. me@mymachine:~$ git clone https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server.git 
   Cloning into 'mysql-server'...
   remote: Counting objects: 1035465, done.
   remote: Total 1035465 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
   Receiving objects: 100% (1035465/1035465), 437.48 MiB | 5.10 MiB/s, done.
   Resolving deltas: 100% (855607/855607), done.
   Checking connectivity... done.
   Checking out files: 100% (21902/21902), done.

2. 当克隆操作完成后，你的本地MySQL Git仓库如下面所示：

   me@mymachine:~$ cd mysql-server
    
   me@mymachine:~/mysql-server$ ls
   BUILD            COPYING             libmysqld    regex          tests
   BUILD-CMAKE      dbug                libservices  scripts        unittest
   client           Docs                man          sql            VERSION
   cmake            extra               mysql-test   sql-bench      vio
   CMakeLists.txt   include             mysys        sql-common     win
   cmd-line-utils   INSTALL-SOURCE      packaging    storage        zlib
   config.h.cmake   INSTALL-WIN-SOURCE  plugin       strings
   configure.cmake  libmysql            README       support-files          

3. 你的MySQL Git仓库包含MySQL 5.5, 5.6, 和5.7分支. 运行git branch -r命令浏览“remote-tracking”的所有分支:

   ~/mysql-server$ git branch -r
     origin/5.5
     origin/5.6
     origin/5.7
     origin/HEAD -> origin/5.7

4. 运行git branch命令查看当前本地检出的分支。当你克隆了MySQL Git仓库,MySQL 5.7分支被自动检出. 星号(*)表示分支5.7是当前的活跃分支.

   ~/mysql-server$ git branch
   * 5.7

5. 要检出其他MySQL分支, 运行git checkout命令，并指定分支名:

   ~/mysql-server$ git checkout 5.6
   Branch 5.6 set up to track remote branch 5.6 from origin.
   Switched to a new branch '5.6'
   
   me@mymachine:~/mysql-server$ git checkout 5.5
   Branch 5.5 set up to track remote branch 5.5 from origin.
   Switched to a new branch '5.5'

6. 再次运行git branch检验所有的3个分支都存在。 MySQL 5.5,作为最后检出的分支，被星号（＊）标志意在说明它是当前分支。 

   ~/mysql-server$ git branch
   * 5.5
     5.6
     5.7

   要切换分支, 再次运行git checkout. 比如要使MySQL 5.6成为活跃分支, 运行命令git checkout 5.6.

关于更多使用和维护Git仓库的信息，请参阅GitHub Help。