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[PATCH] INSTALL: Update section about git-frotz form.

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jul 6, 2008, 04:28 UTC
Message-ID
<1215318521-23901-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>

The old text stated that 'git-frotz' can be always used instead of 'git frotz' which is no longer true.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 INSTALL |   18 ++++++------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4a4e13f..0efb4b7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -27,20 +27,14 @@ Issues of note:
  - git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
    conflicts with a similarly named "GNU interactive tools" program.
 
-   Tough.  Either don't use the wrapper script, or delete the old GNU
-   interactive tools.  None of the core git stuff needs the wrapper,
-   it's just a convenient shorthand and while it is documented in some
-   places, you can always replace "git commit" with "git-commit"
-   instead.
-
-   But let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and
-   even if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does.  I don't think it
-   has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
+   Let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and even
+   if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does.  I don't think it has
+   been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
    graphical file managers.
 
-   NOTE: As of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has been
-         renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition
-         option and then it will not conflict with git.
+   In addition, as of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has
+   been renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition
+   option and then it will not conflict with git.
 
  - You can use git after building but without installing if you
    wanted to.  Various git commands need to find other git
-- 
1.5.6.1.322.ge904b.dirty
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  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 6, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  4. Miklos VajnaJul 7, 2008

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