[Question] Cannot install specific releases from source ?

[hoh]

While there are many releases on PyPI, there are very few git tags on this repository.

For example, the latest git tag is 2025-03, while there are 19 releases on PyPI starting with 2025.03.

2025.3.1, 2025.3.2, 2025.3.3, 2025.3.4, 2025.3.5, 2025.3.6, 2025.3.7, 2025.3.8, 2025.3.9, 2025.3.10, 2025.3.11, 2025.3.12, 2025.3.13, 2025.3.14, 2025.3.15, 2025.3.16, 2025.3.17, 2025.3.18, 2025.3.19

How can users install a specific release of Unsloth from source from this GitHub repository ?

[shimmyshimmer]

Hi there will these installation instructions be helpful for you?

https://docs.unsloth.ai/get-started/installing-+-updating/pip-install

To use an old version of Unsloth:
https://docs.unsloth.ai/get-started/installing-+-updating/updating
pip install --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir --no-deps unsloth==2025.1.5

[hoh]

Thanks, but my goal is to install Unsloth from the source repository instead of installing pre-built wheels from PyPI.

The context is that I am packaging Unsloth on NixOS in this pull request, and building from the source repository would be preferred.

Git tags would also help in terms of debugging to identify the exact source code behind a specific release.

[hoh]

See also GitHub's documentation on publishing releases: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository

This would help users follow new releases through GitHub and relies on Git tags for versions.

[github-actions]

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[hoh]

This issue is still important to me.