552381034beaa60ce74d45d768bdf344be0af152
max
  Tue Feb 3 02:11:42 2026 -0800
moving gbic back to beta branch, refs #33781

diff --git src/product/installer/browserSetup.sh src/product/installer/browserSetup.sh
index e53538ad1af..b40d41d3a79 100755
--- src/product/installer/browserSetup.sh
+++ src/product/installer/browserSetup.sh
@@ -1491,33 +1491,31 @@
 
 # set this machine for browser development: install required tools, clone the tree, build it
 function buildTree () 
 {
    if [[ "$DIST" == "OSX" ]]; then
        setupBuildOsx
    else
        setupBuildLinux
    fi
 
    if [ ! -e ~/kent ]; then
       echo2 Cloning kent repo into ~/kent using git with --depth=1
       #echo2 Branch is: \"beta\" = our current release, beta = testing
       waitKey
       cd ~
-      #git clone -b beta https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent.git --depth=1
-      # cannot checkout the beta branch, leads to a ton of problems, sticking with master for now
-      git clone https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent.git --depth=1
+      git clone -b beta https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent.git --depth=1
    fi
 
    echo2 Now building CGIs from ~/kent to /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin 
    echo2 Copying JS/HTML/CSS to /usr/local/apache/htdocs
    waitKey
    cd ~/kent/src
    make cgi-alpha
    make doc-alpha
 }
 
 # main function, installs the browser on Redhat/Debian and potentially even on OSX
 function installBrowser () 
 {
     if [ -f $COMPLETEFLAG ]; then
         echo2 error: the file $COMPLETEFLAG exists. It seems that you have installed the browser already.