Hi, Emily Shaffer wrote: > Indicate that the user needs some dependencies before the build will run > happily on their machine; this dependency list doesn't seem to be made > clear anywhere else in the project documentation. In theory, this info should be in INSTALL. I wouldn't be surprised if it's missing some info, though. [...] > --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt > +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt > @@ -38,6 +38,30 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/git/git git > $ cd git > ---- > > +[[dependencies]] > +=== Installing Dependencies > + > +To build Git from source, you need to have a handful of dependencies installed > +on your system. For a hint of what's needed, you can take a look at > +`ci/install-dependencies.sh`. > + > +To install the dependencies needed for a basic build on Linux, run something > +like this (or replace `apt` with your distribution's package manager of choice): pedantic nit: s/or replace/replacing/ ("or" would mean rpm is an alternative to what came before, but "something like" in the phrase before has rpm already included) > + > +---- > +# apt install libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev Perhaps build-essential, too, in case they're using a system not set up for development. > +---- > + > +Make sure that your environment has everything you need by building your brand > +new clone of Git from the above step: > + > +---- > +$ make > +---- > + > +NOTE: The Git build is parallelizable. `-j#` is not included above but you can > +use it as you prefer, here and elsewhere. > + > [[identify-problem]] > === Identify Problem to Solve > > @@ -138,9 +162,6 @@ NOTE: When you are developing the Git project, it's preferred that you use the > `DEVELOPER` flag; if there's some reason it doesn't work for you, you can turn > it off, but it's a good idea to mention the problem to the mailing list. > > -NOTE: The Git build is parallelizable. `-j#` is not included above but you can > -use it as you prefer, here and elsewhere. > - > Great, now your new command builds happily on its own. But nobody invokes it. > Let's change that. With whatever subset of the changes above make sense, Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks.
