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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0a28170b7..ea7b20a5c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ If you would like, you can [support the development of this project on Patreon][ - **Deployable via Docker** You don't need to mess with dependencies and configuration if you want to try Mastodon, if you have Docker and Docker Compose the deployment is extremely easy +## Checking out + +If you want a stable release for production use, you should use tagged releases. To checkout the latest available tagged version: + + git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git + cd mastodon + git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`) + ## Configuration - `LOCAL_DOMAIN` should be the domain/hostname of your instance. This is **absolutely required** as it is used for generating unique IDs for everything federation-related |