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diff --git a/topgit.mdwn b/topgit.mdwn index b27aa09c..14d3c53e 100644 --- a/topgit.mdwn +++ b/topgit.mdwn @@ -27,6 +27,35 @@ We're using this for some packages, where we're maintaining long-lived development branches, for example [[source_repositories/glibc]]. The latter one has usage examples, too. +# Installing + +It's fairly easy to install topgit. First, clone the git repo of topgit. + + $ git clone https://repo.or.cz/topgit.git + $ cd topgit + +Or download the tarball of source code directly and unpack it. + + $ curl -o topgit.tar.gz https://repo.or.cz/topgit.git/snapshot/f2815f4debdb07f86ee86dd4eb75280919ace55d.tar.gz + $ tar xzf topgit.tar.gz + $ cd topgit-f2815f4 + +Second, you have to build and install topgit with make. You can use +any prefix to specify the install place. But note that, if you +don't set `prefix`, it will default to `$HOME` rather than `$HOME/.local`, +which may NOT be what you want. + + $ make prefix=$HOME/.local install + +The topgit executable file is `tg`. It will be installed into `$prefix/bin`. + +Finally, add `$prefix/bin` to your `PATH` if you want to use `tg` directly in +your shell. Then test the installation by running `tg` and check the output. + + $ tg + TopGit v0.9 - A different patch queue manager + Usage: tg [...] + # Running it on GNU/Hurd |