VTK Git Usage

VTK version tracking and development is hosted by Git. Please select a task for further instructions:

Main Tasks

Install Git - Git 1.7.2 or greater is preferred (required for development)
Download VTK - Users start here
Develop VTK - Contributors start here

Other Tasks

Review Changes - VTK GitLab Merge Requests
Test VTK - CDash client setup
Learn Git - Third-party documentation

Branches

The upstream VTK repository has the following branches:

master: Development (default)
release: Maintenance of latest release
nightly-master: Follows master, updated at 01:00 UTC
hooks: Local commit hooks (placed in .git/hooks)
dashboard: Dashboard script (setup a CDash client)