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diff --git a/INSTALL.REPO b/INSTALL.REPO index b7433856c6b..48faa81fbbd 100644 --- a/INSTALL.REPO +++ b/INSTALL.REPO @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ Building and Installing Emacs from the Repository -Simply run 'make'. This should work if your files are freshly checked -out from the repository, and if you have the proper tools installed. -If it doesn't work, or if you have special build requirements, the +The Emacs repository is hosted on Savannah. The following Git command +will clone the repository to the 'emacs' subdirectory of the current +directory on your local machine: + + git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git + +To build the repository code, simply run 'make' in the 'emacs' +directory. This should work if your files are freshly checked out +from the repository, and if you have the proper tools installed. If +it doesn't work, or if you have special build requirements, the following information may be helpful. Building Emacs from the source-code repository requires some tools |