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[PATCH v2 2/3] INSTALL: Reorder dependencies, split shell and Perl

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Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Date
Sep 9, 2009, 01:51 UTC
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The most important and non-optional dependencies should go first, so put them there. While we're moving them, the descriptions for shell and perl were archaic, referring to "bare-bones Porcelainish scripts" that have become powerful and essential.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
---
 Split from v1's 2/2 so the changes don't get confused with the re-order.
 I kept the shell and perl re-wordings here since they're also somewhat of
 a factual error instead of 3/3's additions.
 INSTALL |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5267468..7ab2580 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ Issues of note:
 
 	- "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it.
 
+	- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net.
+
+	- A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed
+	  for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull").
+
+	- "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a
+	  partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn
+	  repositories with "git svn").
+
 	- "openssl".  Unless you specify otherwise, you'll get the SHA1
 	  library from here.
 
@@ -70,11 +79,6 @@ Issues of note:
         - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
           history graphically, and in git-gui.
 
-	- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
-
-	- "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
-	  the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.
-
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
-- 
1.6.4.2.420.g30ecf
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  1. 0/3 INSTALL updatesBrian Gernhardt, Sep 9, 2009
  2. 1/3 INSTALL: Update description of our SHA-1 codeBrian Gernhardt, Sep 9, 2009
  3. 2/3 INSTALL: Reorder dependencies, split shell and PerlBrian Gernhardt, Sep 9, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2009
  5. 3/3 INSTALL: Describe dependency knobs from MakefileBrian Gernhardt, Sep 9, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2009
  7. 3/3 INSTALL: Describe dependency knobs from MakefileBrian Gernhardt, Sep 10, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  9. 3/3 INSTALL: Describe dependency knobs from MakefileBrian Gernhardt, Sep 10, 2009

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