Here's a totally sweet command line script that does a lot of common Github actions for you:
https://hub.github.com/ On OSX, you can install via Homebrew or ports. There's precompiled binaries for Linux. One common OMPI use case: ------ $ cd path_to_my_ompi_release_clone $ hub checkout https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi-release/pull/173 --> Note: that's just the URL of the PR (copied from my web browser) Updating rhc54 remote: Counting objects: 6, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done. remote: Total 6 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (6/6), done. >From git://github.com/rhc54/ompi-release * [new branch] cmr/george -> rhc54/cmr/george Branch rhc54-cmr/george set up to track remote branch cmr/george from rhc54. Switched to a new branch 'rhc54-cmr/george' ----- And now I'm on a local branch representing that PR. I can autogen/build/install/MTT/etc. And then "git checkout v1.8" to go back to the stock v1.8 branch when I'm done. Sweet! -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/