Distributed Git Repository

We use Git as distributed version control system for our source code repositories. Git makes extending and contributing to the projects much easier than with Subversion and CVS we used earlier - no more any need to 'join the team' or to 'ask for write access', just fork and code. Whenever you have something ready simply ping us so we can pull from your fork and integrate it back into mainline.

Since we moved to Git we've also split the source code into seperate repositories for every project. We push all of them to github, some also to gitorious. Other than github, gitorious also provides access through the http protocol (http://) which might be your only chance if you're behind a poorly configured firewall. However, keep in mind that the native git protocol (git://) which both providers support is both smarter and faster and thus recommended. Both github and gitorious also have nice web sites which allow you to browse the history and the complete sources and even to download tarballs or zips of all the revisions. Of course, our release downloads contain the source code as well.

• Math.NET Iridium (Numerics Foundation)
  Iridium at github, Clone URL: git://github.com/cdrnet/mathnet-iridium.git
  Iridium at gitorious, Clone URL: http://git.gitorious.org/mathnet-iridium/mainline.git
   
• Math.NET Palladium (Linq Expression Computer Algebra)
  Palladium at github, Clone URL: git://github.com/cdrnet/mathnet-palladium.git
  Palladium at gitorious, Clone URL: http://git.gitorious.org/mathnet-palladium/mainline.git
   
• Math.NET Neodym (Signal Processing)
  Neodym at github, Clone URL: git://github.com/cdrnet/mathnet-neodym.git
   
• Math.NET Yttrium (Experimental Symbolic Systems)
  Yttrium at github, Clone URL: git://github.com/cdrnet/mathnet-yttrium.git
   

Subversion Repository Mirrors

For those of you who can't or for some reason don't want to use Git yet, we provide Subversion (SVN) mirrors which reflect the master branch of the Git repositories. However, note that all these mirrors are read-only and their history linearized and without the correct authors set.

As before we host the primary repository here on this server with the native subversion protocol, plus a mirror at google code for backup and for those behind a restrictive firewall (http support).

• Math.NET Iridium (Numerics Foundation)
  Subversion Repository URL: svn://svn.opensourcedotnet.info/mathnet-iridium/trunk
  Google Code Mirror URL: http://mathnet-iridium-mirror.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
   
• Math.NET Palladium (Linq Expression Computer Algebra)
  Subversion Repository URL: svn://svn.opensourcedotnet.info/mathnet-palladium/trunk
  Google Code Mirror URL: http://mathnet-palladium-mirror.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
   
• Math.NET Neodym (Signal Processing)
  Subversion Repository URL: svn://svn.opensourcedotnet.info/mathnet-neodym/trunk
  Google Code Mirror URL: http://mathnet-neodym-mirror.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
   
• Math.NET Yttrium (Experimental Symbolic Systems)
  Subversion Repository URL: svn://svn.opensourcedotnet.info/mathnet-yttrium/trunk
  Google Code Mirror URL: http://mathnet-yttrium-mirror.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
   

How to get a local working copy

• Install Git
  For windows development we recommend msysgit. We only need the installer, so best download the newest featured download (at time of writing this that is Git-1.6.1-preview20081227.exe). The installer will at some point ask how you intend to use Git from the command line. I personally recommend "Use Git Bash only". After that you can choose the SSH client, we will use OpenSSH here.
   
• Clone the public git repository
  Open Git Bash in a suitable folder, and enter (here for Math.NET Iridium)
  

  git clone git://github.com/cdrnet/mathnet-iridium.git

  Now you have a complete local copy of the project source code, including history. Whenever you want to update your copy to the newest updates, simply call
  

  git pull

How to contribute to Math.NET

Thanks to Git there's no longer any need to 'join the team' or to 'ask for write access'. Probably the easiest way for both parties is to create an account on github and fork the Math.NET project directly from the github website ("fork" button). This way the forks remain connected and you can ping us simply by clicking the "pull request" button - if we haven't noticed and integrated it already anyway.

Of course you can also send us a patch file, generated by

git format-patch

More resources on Git and how to use it

There are numerous resources on Git. The most complete is likely the git community book which can be read online or downloaded as PDF. Some other resources and tutorials include Git Quick Reference, Git Magic, Git Guide, and Git recipes. And of course, "git help" is useful as well.