Which is the preferred method of obtaining the model?

[William.Hatheway]

I have seen in some posts over the last few months that the git clone method of obtaining the WRF and WPS codes are becoming more common.

For example:

git clone --branch release-v4.6.1 https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF.git
cd WRF
git submodule update --init --recursive

or

git clone --recurse-submodule https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF.git
cd WRF

Whereas the old users guide page ( Compiling WRF & WRF Modeling System Download ) which is linked to the UG4.5 online users guide says to wget the tar.gz file from the github page.

My question is which method is the most maintained and up to date? Which method should be the preferred method for future releases of WRF and WPS?

 

[Ming Chen]

git clone is preferred because it gives yiou all the history of the codes updates.

 

[William.Hatheway]

git clone is preferred because it gives yiou all the history of the codes updates.

Will the tar.gz method be phased out?

 

[Ming Chen]

No, it is not phased out. It is still one option for obtaining the codes.

 

[William.Hatheway]

No, it is not phased out. It is still one option for obtaining the codes.

Thank you for clarifying. I was just confused since the WRF hydro department said the old method for their codes are going to be depreciation