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summers

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Registered: 2016-01-27

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How to specify a git branch in PKGBUILD

Hi, the PKGBUILD I'm using downloads a git archive via:

source=("git+https:url)

Is there a way to download a specific tag e.g. "git clone --branch"?

dimich

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Re: How to specify a git branch in PKGBUILD

https://man.archlinux.org/man/PKGBUILD. … CS_SOURCES
Specify tag=tagname as fragment part.

Last edited by dimich (2026-05-14 17:23:03)

summers

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Re: How to specify a git branch in PKGBUILD

So I need a query as part of the URL that selects the git branch? Let me look into what query goes on the end of the url for selecting branch across https.

dimich

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Re: How to specify a git branch in PKGBUILD

So I need a query as part of the URL that selects the git branch?

It's a part of source file definition, not a part of URL. It is parsed by makepkg and passed to git checkout command.

Let me look into what query goes on the end of the url for selecting branch across https.

"git+https://" and "https://some-web-site/project.git" are different download protocols.

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Re: How to specify a git branch in PKGBUILD

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