I can't clone QT5 from gitorious anymore. This used to work:
git clone git://gitorious.org/qt/qt5.git --branch v5.3.1 --single-branch 5_3_1_x64_msvc2012
Now the command above returns with error: "fatal: could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists."
Unfortunatly the Qt wiki page is down. https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git
I know gitorious was recently bought by Gitlab but on their blog they claim it does not affect existing projects.
Thank you for you help.
Seems like there is a Qt 5 project on Github:
https://github.com/qtproject/qt5
git clone https://github.com/qtproject/qt5.git --branch v5.3.1 --single-branch 5_3_1_x64_msvc2012
If you're unsure about the integrity of the code, you can compare the tree SHA-1 of your new clone with a reference one that you have already cloned some time ago (since you stated you 'usually' do this I assume you have a copy somewhere).
To do this, start by comparing the commit SHA-1 of the v5.3.1 branch:
cd 5_3_1_x64_msvc2012
git rev-parse --short HEAD # returns fb1c991
git cat-file -p fb1c991
The last command will return the content of the blob representing the latest commit of the v5.3.1 branch you have just cloned. It should return some text, starting with:
tree e187f2fafb6e478f4e6a0ce65e5f4bba7a224269
...
That e187f2fafb6e must be identical to your reference one if you repeat the same process on an existing clone. This guarantees the mirror is genuine.