More information and instructions are on the Twiki.
Warning: Make sure to have added the appropriate public ssh key to your GitHub account before proceeding!
To use this package, perform the following steps (using release 5.3.8, patch 1):
cmsrel CMSSW_5_3_8_patch1
cd CMSSW_5_3_8_patch1/src
cmsenv
git cms-cvs-history import V07-00-01 TopQuarkAnalysis/Configuration
git cms-cvs-history import V06-07-11-01 TopQuarkAnalysis/TopTools
git cms-cvs-history import V06-05-06-07 DataFormats/PatCandidates
git cms-cvs-history import V00-02-14 DataFormats/StdDictionaries
git cms-cvs-history import V00-00-70 FWCore/GuiBrowsers
git cms-cvs-history import V08-09-52 PhysicsTools/PatAlgos
git cms-cvs-history import V03-09-23 PhysicsTools/PatUtils
git cms-cvs-history import V00-03-15 CommonTools/ParticleFlow
git cms-cvs-history import V00-00-12 CommonTools/RecoUtils
git cms-cvs-history import V04-06-09 JetMETCorrections/Type1MET
git cms-cvs-history import V01-08-00 RecoBTag/SecondaryVertex
git clone https://github.com/cms-analysis/RecoMET-METAnalyzers.git RecoMET/METAnalyzers
cd RecoMET/METAnalyzers
git checkout tags/RecoMET-METAnalyzers-V00-00-08
cd -
git cms-cvs-history import V00-00-07 RecoMET/METFilters
git cms-cvs-history import V15-01-11 RecoParticleFlow/PFProducer
git cms-cvs-history import V02-02-00 RecoVertex/AdaptiveVertexFinder
git clone https://github.com/latinos/UserCode-sixie-Muon-MuonAnalysisTools Muon/MuonAnalysisTools/
git clone https://github.com/latinos/UserCode-EGamma-EGammaAnalysisTools.git EGamma/EGammaAnalysisTools
pushd EGamma/EGammaAnalysisTools/
git checkout tags/V00-00-08
wget -r http://nd.edu/~abrinke1/ElectronEffectiveArea.h -O interface/ElectronEffectiveArea.h
cd data
cat download.url | xargs wget
popd
git cms-cvs-history import V01-04-23 RecoTauTag/RecoTau
git cms-cvs-history import V01-04-10 RecoTauTag/Configuration
git cms-cvs-history import V00-04-00 CondFormats/EgammaObjects
git clone https://github.com/latinos/UserCode-CMG-CMGTools-External CMGTools/External
cd CMGTools/External/
git checkout tags/V00-02-10
cd -
git clone https://github.com/cms-ttH/BEAN.git
scram b -j24
This might require an environment set up as described here. As CMS has stopped supporting CVS, the recipe above has been adapted for git, but not yet validated against the most recent set of BEANs, which were produced using this recipe.