From e06a4f0fa0a08175131604e431c65b4129b0e0dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 19:32:46 +0300 Subject: ; * INSTALL.REPO: Start by telling how to clone the repository. --- INSTALL.REPO | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL.REPO') 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 -- cgit v1.2.1