User:Emanuele/guide/How to create an install from repo

In this page I would like to explain how to create an SMF install package starting from the zip downloaded from the github repository at https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/zipball/release-2.1 (this link immediately starts the download of the most recent revision of the "release-2.1" branch that is the code intended to become SMF 2.1).

File structure of the repo
Once downloaded and extracted the package you will find the following files: - attachments

Missing files
Compared to a normal install package you don't have some files, namely: You can find these files into the directory  except for Settings_bak.php, so first thing enter the   directory and copy those files to the root directory. When this is done, make a copy of  and rename it to
 * Settings.php
 * Settings_bak.php
 * install.php
 * install_2-1_mysql.sql
 * install_2-1_postgresql.sql
 * install_2-1_sqlite.sql

Useless files
Delete the following files and directories since are not necessary:
 * other
 * changelog.txt
 * DCO.txt
 * README.md

Congratulations!
And that's all: you now have all that you need to properly install SMF. Move all that you have in the directory to your server (remote or local) and point your browser as usual.

Upgrade package
From the same starting zip you can obtain also an upgrade package, the differences are minimal. Instead of copy the files specified in the section copy the following: All the other steps are exactly the same.
 * upgrade.php
 * upgrade_1-0.sql
 * upgrade_1-1.sql
 * upgrade_2-0_mysql.sql
 * upgrade_2-0_postgresql.sql
 * upgrade_2-0_sqlite.sql
 * upgrade_2-1_mysql.sql
 * upgrade_2-1_postgresql.sql
 * upgrade_2-1_sqlite.sql