How to download a snapshot of a project (given a commit) from GitHub?

[iisdev]

Hi,

I want to download MaNGOS 11792 so I can test it against UDB 0.12.2.402. I don't need to make changes or submit patches - I just need to quickly download the source so I can compile it.

The MaNGOS GitHub page used to allow me to download an archive (zip or tar.gz) of the project from a specific commit but it looks like their site underwent a design recently. I've looked all over for the download button on the commit page but can't find it. Maybe they removed this feature?

For those of us that need a snapshot of the project from a certain commit - is there an easy way of doing this?

I need MaNGOS 11792 - the commit sha1 is: ef793da5b180e94d639eb214f0a15b4f60c9ec9f.

Thanks in advance.

[faramir118]

I recommend you use git, it's really very easy to do what you want. After you've cloned the repository, just do this:

git checkout -b new-branch-name ef793da5b

Otherwise, you can follow these steps to get your zip:

• navigate to the commit (ie https://github.com/mangos/mangos/commit/ef793da5b)
  
• click the 'browse code' button in the top-right corner of the commit message
  
• click the 'zip' button' below the repo description, left side of the repo-url bar
  

[Lynx3d]

I bet hiding this option a bit saves them tons of traffic from people that refuse to learn a few basic git commands...