Apache Cordova Android 4.0.x branch - how to build?

Question

I want to try out a new feature that is only in the 4.0.x branch of Apache Cordova. reference: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3445 (If curious: there is new code to use Android Studio gradle build system instead of ANT)

How do I go about doing a source checkout and build of Cordova 4.0.x branch? I'm on Ubuntu 14.04.

EDIT:

Ok, so I have cordova-android - but how do I replace my existing Cordova 3.5.1 - I assume I need to download some other components. I want to be able to do:

cordova create test1
cd test1
cordova platform add android

With this 4.0.x branch.

Answer 1

First clone as usual

$ git clone https://github.com/apache/cordova-android.git
$ cd cordova-android

Only master should be cloned. You can see the remote branches using

$ git branch -r

Then just fetch the one you want

$ git fetch
$ git checkout 4.0.x
$ cat VERSION
4.0.0-dev