Can't install go-ipfs using go get

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Description:

ipfs can't be installed with go get the way the README says. Output follows:

$ go get -x -u -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/
cd /home/vxv/go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
git config remote.origin.url
cd /home/vxv/go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
git pull --ff-only
# cd /home/vxv/go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs; git pull --ff-only
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master

package github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs: exit status 1
$ 

[whyrusleeping]

Do you already have an ipfs repo cloned? It looks like you might have cloned the ipfs repo already, and checked out a different branch. Which makes those instructions not work as intended. Try:

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
git checkout master
git pull origin master
make install