I found an ubuntu hardy installation, and needed to test something on the trunk of VLC so I needed to compile a VLC for it. Here is a complete HOWTO to do the same !
Keyword - Git
Friday, March 28 2008
Build VLC media player under Ubuntu Hardy (8.04)
By JBK on Friday, March 28 2008, 12:49 - VideoLAN
Sunday, March 2 2008
VLC switched to Git
By JBK on Sunday, March 2 2008, 11:14 - VideoLAN
Everything is in $subject.
Anyway, to check out the VLC repository, now:
git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git
Have fun!