How to clone and use the git perl repository is described in L<perlrepository>.
You can also choose to use rsync to get a copy of the current source tree
-for the bleadperl branch and all maintenance branches :
+for the bleadperl branch and all maintenance branches:
- $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/APC/perl-current .
- $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/APC/perl-5.10.x .
- $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/APC/perl-5.8.x .
- $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/APC/perl-5.6.x .
- $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/APC/perl-5.005xx .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-current .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-5.12.x .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-5.10.x .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-5.8.x .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-5.6.x .
+ $ rsync -avz rsync://perl5.git.perl.org/perl-5.005xx .
(Add the C<--delete> option to remove leftover files)
+To get a full list of the available sync points:
+
+ $ rsync perl5.git.perl.org::
+
You may also want to subscribe to the perl5-changes mailing list to
receive a copy of each patch that gets submitted to the maintenance
and development "branches" of the perl repository. See