How to checkout Hadoop 2 6 0 from git

Question

I have to do some modification in Hadoop 2.6.0 and then create a patch file for that modification. So, that I can distribute this patch. In order to do this I am performing Git clone.

But I am getting the master branch. Can anyone explain me how to pull Hadoop2.6.0?

Answer 1

Clone the following Git repository:

git clone git clone git://git.apache.org/hadoop.git

Now to checkout Hadoop 2.6:

git checkout branch-2.6

Go through this link to understand how to make patch:

https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/GitAndHadoop