Re: new release?

Hi Howard,

> Not a git user, so the problem could be on my end as I'm not getting a
> version that matches 1.7.1 (or newer).
...
>     git clone -b master git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/nmh.git

That looks right to me.  You've asked for the ‘master’ branch where
development takes place.

To show branches with the current one highlighted:
    git branch

To describe the commit which is checked out:
    git describe --long --tags --candidates=1000

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Cheers, Ralph.