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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Issues of note: interactive tools. None of the core git stuff needs the wrapper, it's just a convenient shorthand and while it is documented in some places, you can always replace "git commit" with "git-commit" - instead. + instead. But let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and even if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does. I don't think it @@ -89,10 +89,16 @@ Issues of note: will include them. Note that config.mak is not distributed; the name is reserved for local settings. - - To build and install documentation suite, you need to have the - asciidoc/xmlto toolchain. Alternatively, pre-formatted - documentation are available in "html" and "man" branches of the git - repository itself. For example, you could: + - To build and install documentation suite, you need to have + the asciidoc/xmlto toolchain. Because not many people are + inclined to install the tools, the default build target + ("make all") does _not_ build them. The documentation is + written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" + will let you format with AsciiDoc 8. + + Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation are available in + "html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For + example, you could: $ mkdir manual && cd manual $ git init @@ -111,4 +117,3 @@ Issues of note: would instead give you a copy of what you see at: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ - |