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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 02/01/2016 04:01 PM, John Harvey wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> If I want to look at CGAL 4.7 source code, I can do the following:
> 1) git clone https://github.com/CGAL/cgal.git
> 2) cd cgal
> 3) git checkout releases/CGAL-4.7
>
> When I do this, I see over 100 subdirectories.
>
> Next, I take a look at the CGAL-4.7 release tarball found here:
> https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/download/releases%2FCGAL-4.7/CGAL-4.7.tar.xz
>
> I see that the directory structure is very different.  The manual
> (http://doc.cgal.org/latest/Manual/installation.html) does seem to
> indicate that this is expected.  However, I could not find where it
> explains how the tarball is made from the original git source code.
>
> Is that something that somebody could explain to me?
>
> Best regards,
>    -John

About the layout see:
https://github.com/CGAL/cgal#cgal-git-repository-layout


To create a flat release from a branch you can use the bash script
in Scripts/developer_scripts/create_internal_release:

create_internal_release -r CGAL-FOOBAR -d 
/PATH/WHERE/THE/RELEASE/WILL/BE -a /PATH/TO/cgal.git -l 
/tmp/release_creation.lock

/PATH/WHERE/THE/RELEASE/WILL/BE will contain a directory CGAL-FOOBAR
with the flat version of the branch.

Note that a branch could be used instead:
https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/blob/master/INSTALL.md

Sebastien.