Appendix I. The Source Code Repository
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ThePostgreSQL source code is stored and managed using theGit version control system. A public mirror of the master repository is available; it is updated within a minute of any change to the master repository.
Our wiki,https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Working_with_Git, has some discussion on working with Git.
Note that buildingPostgreSQL from the source repository requires reasonably up-to-date versions ofbison,flex, andPerl. These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because the files that these tools are used to build are included in the tarball. Other tool requirements are the same as shown inSection 17.2.