Getting OpenCV2.4.2 with GIT for Windows

Question

I want to get the OpenCV2.4.2 source files for windows in order to generate the libraries myself. I run the command

git clone git://code.opencv.org/opencv.git

This actually gets the 2.4.9 repository which I don't want. There is a GIT option

git reset --hard <commit code>

that is supposed to get back to the desired commit. The thing is that I found that there are way too many commits and I don't know which one is the version 2.4.2!

• How can I download version 2.4.2 from GIT?

Answer 1

Just look for the tags using:

git tag

Look for OpenCV 2.4.2, or whatever you want, and then checkout with your election:

git checkout 2.4.2 

in your case.

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If you want to pull the latest 2.4 branch, then you can do:

git clone -b 2.4 --single-branch https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git Opencv-2.4