[JAMES-3688] Released source codes dont build (with docker) coz they dont have git presence

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: easy-fix newbie
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/james-project/tree/3.6.x
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Serge Byishimo
• Created: 29/Dec/21 13:03
• Updated: 25/Jan/24 02:04
• Resolved: 25/Jan/24 02:04

Description

Just a documentation improvement  :

It seems like on the 3.6.x branch `README.md` didn't mention that before running the build commands, you first need to clone the github repo to make sure there is git presence in your source codes directory.

Because if you downloaded the release source codes (which does not have git presence), and run the build commands, it gives this error "fatal: repository origin does not exist"

So it would be good to advise run something like this first :

git clone -b 3.6.x https://github.com/apache/james-project.git

to make sure you have git presence in your directory.

 

Cheers,

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1944