Install ``git`` from your distribution's package manager.
Then run these commands::
- git clone -b 2438.magic-folder-stable.5 https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git
+ git clone -b 2438.magic-folder-stable.8 https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git
cd tahoe-lafs
python setup.py test
bin\tahoe --version-and-path
-It is normal for this command to print warnings and
-debugging output on some systems. Do not run
-``python setup.py test``, because it currently hangs on
-Windows.
+It is normal for this command to print warnings and debugging output
+on some systems. ``python setup.py test`` can also be run, but there
+are some known sources of nondeterministic errors in tests on Windows
+that are unrelated to Magic Folder.
Setting up a local test grid
Deleting a directory will have no effect.
For other known issues and limitations, see
-https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/blob/2438.magic-folder-stable.5/docs/frontends/magic-folder.rst#known-issues-and-limitations
+https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/blob/2438.magic-folder-stable.8/docs/frontends/magic-folder.rst#known-issues-and-limitations
As mentioned earlier, it is also possible to run the nodes on
different machines, to synchronize between three or more clients,