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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
to do a global install, you can do
$ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself
to do a global install, you can do
$ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself
- # make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-info ;# as root
+ # make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-html install-info ;# as root
(or prefix=/usr/local, of course). Just like any program suite
that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
(or prefix=/usr/local, of course). Just like any program suite
that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
$ make configure ;# as yourself
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
$ make all doc ;# as yourself
$ make configure ;# as yourself
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
$ make all doc ;# as yourself
- # make install install-doc ;# as root
+ # make install install-doc install-html;# as root
Issues of note:
Issues of note:
around 1997), it changed its name to gnuit and the name conflict is no
longer a problem.
around 1997), it changed its name to gnuit and the name conflict is no
longer a problem.
- NOTE: When compiled with backward compatiblity option, the GNU
+ NOTE: When compiled with backward compatibility option, the GNU
Interactive Tools package still can install "git", but you can build it
with --disable-transition option to avoid this.
Interactive Tools package still can install "git", but you can build it
with --disable-transition option to avoid this.
- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
- "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
- "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
- the barebone Porcelainish scripts.
+ the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.
- Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
but depending on your specific installation, you may not
- Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
but depending on your specific installation, you may not
inclined to install the tools, the default build target
("make all") does _not_ build them.
inclined to install the tools, the default build target
("make all") does _not_ build them.
+ "make doc" builds documentation in man and html formats; there are
+ also "make man", "make html" and "make info". Note that "make html"
+ requires asciidoc, but not xmlto. "make man" (and thus make doc)
+ requires both.
+
+ "make install-doc" installs documentation in man format only; there
+ are also "make install-man", "make install-html" and "make
+ install-info".
+
Building and installing the info file additionally requires
makeinfo and docbook2X. Version 0.8.3 is known to work.
Building and installing the info file additionally requires
makeinfo and docbook2X. Version 0.8.3 is known to work.
+ Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
+ dblatex. Version 0.2.7 with asciidoc >= 8.2.7 is known to work.
+
The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.
The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.
- Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation are available in
+ Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation is available in
"html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For
example, you could:
"html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For
example, you could:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
+ There are also "make quick-install-doc", "make quick-install-man"
+ and "make quick-install-html" which install preformatted man pages
+ and html documentation.
+ This does not require asciidoc/xmlto, but it only works from within
+ a cloned checkout of git.git with these two extra branches, and will
+ not work for the maintainer for obvious chicken-and-egg reasons.
+
It has been reported that docbook-xsl version 1.72 and 1.73 are
buggy; 1.72 misformats manual pages for callouts, and 1.73 needs
the patch in contrib/patches/docbook-xsl-manpages-charmap.patch
It has been reported that docbook-xsl version 1.72 and 1.73 are
buggy; 1.72 misformats manual pages for callouts, and 1.73 needs
the patch in contrib/patches/docbook-xsl-manpages-charmap.patch