Obtaining the source
====================

The source of the U-Boot project is maintained in a Git repository.

You can download the source via

.. code-block:: bash

    git clone https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git

A mirror of the source is maintained on Github

.. code-block:: bash

    git clone https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot

The released versions are available as tags which use the naming scheme::

    v<year>.<month>

Release candidates are named::

    v<year>.<month>-rc<number>

To checkout the October 2020 release you would use:

.. code-block:: bash

    git checkout v2020.10
