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Re: installation instruction

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 22, 2007, 22:35 UTC
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[Cc: git@vger.kernel.org]
Sujatha Divi wrote:
> I want to install and evaluate git. Can anyone please direct me as to where
> I can get proper set of instructions for installation.

If you want to use newer version of git than in your distribution, and RPMS and DEBs won't install because of dependencies (I for example --rebuild RPM from SRPM, and install (re)build RPMs), there is [almost] always file named INSTALL in the main directory.

See it also at:
  http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=blob;f=INSTALL
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=git/git.git;a=blob;f=INSTALL
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. Sujatha DiviJun 22, 2007
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