Revolution: MODX 3 alpha1 - White setup page after git clone

[alexsoin]

Bug report

Summary

After cloning the repository and switching the version to 3.x the installation page does not work

Step to reproduce

1. git clone https://github.com/modxcms/revolution.git .
2. git pull origin 3.x
3. composer update
4. open page setup

Observed behavior

White page

Expected behavior

modx 3 installation page

Environment

MODX version 3.0.0-alpha1
Composer version 1.8.6
Server version of php 7.3

[alexsoin]

log composer update

Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 59 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
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[alexsoin]

I'm sorry, I did the wrong sequence of commands.

If you do so:

git clone https://github.com/modxcms/revolution.git -b 3.x .
composer install

That's okay.

[JoshuaLuckers]

Thanks for taking time to report this issue, I'm glad you found the cause of your issue! And also thanks for sharing the solution 😄.