From fcbebfdd33bf8b6cc802300f81089148d413eec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:17:40 -0800 Subject: docs: Update install-doc-quick The preformatted documentation pages live in their own repositories these days. Adjust the installation procedure to the updated layout. Tested-by: Stefan Naewe Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- INSTALL | 29 +++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index bbb9d4dc9a..bf0d97ef76 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -139,34 +139,11 @@ Issues of note: uses some compatibility wrappers to work on AsciiDoc 8. If you have AsciiDoc 7, try "make ASCIIDOC7=YesPlease". - Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation is available in - "html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For - example, you could: - - $ mkdir manual && cd manual - $ git init - $ git fetch-pack git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git man html | - while read a b - do - echo $a >.git/$b - done - $ cp .git/refs/heads/man .git/refs/heads/master - $ git checkout - - to checkout the pre-built man pages. Also in this repository: - - $ git checkout html - - would instead give you a copy of what you see at: - - 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. + and html documentation. To use these build targets, you need to + clone two separate git-htmldocs and git-manpages repositories next + to the clone of git itself. 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 -- cgit v1.3