From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:43:34 +0000 (-0700) Subject: INSTALL: explain how to build documentation X-Git-Tag: v1.5.3-rc0~76 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a90918e8244d98862d0183de949fe9764c40e4d5;p=git.git INSTALL: explain how to build documentation Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 95269cc51..63ba1480a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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