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| docs:mac:builds:git [2008/08/05 19:15] – billh | docs:mac:builds:git [2013/05/19 17:13] (current) – billh | ||
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| ====== git ====== | ====== git ====== | ||
| - | * download source from http://git.or.cz/ | + | * download source from http://git-scm.com/ |
| * use [[typical_build_procedure]] | * use [[typical_build_procedure]] | ||
| * You can find all the documentation bundled with the Git source code in the **Documentation** subdirectory (the web version corresponds to the latest Git development version). | * You can find all the documentation bundled with the Git source code in the **Documentation** subdirectory (the web version corresponds to the latest Git development version). | ||
| + | ===== installing man pages ===== | ||
| + | * the default git build procedure will not build the documentation (man, html, etc...) | ||
| + | * don't bother trying to do it on Mac OS X because the proper files aren't available and it is cumbersome | ||
| + | * instead, install git as listed above, then use git to clone the latest git repo:< | ||
| + | git clone git:// | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * at this point, the original source directory you used to build git is unnecessary | ||
| + | * clone the git-manpages repo< | ||
| + | git clone git:// | ||
| + | |||
| + | ...so your directories should look like this when done: | ||
| + | git | ||
| + | git-manpages | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * git will install man pages to / | ||
| + | MANPATH=/ | ||
| + | export MANPATH | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * cd back into the **git** repository, then run this to install the man pages:< | ||
| + | sudo make prefix=/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * you should now have proper man pages; try it with< | ||
| + | git help status | ||
| + | </ | ||