move build/install to README

diff --git a/README b/README
index b7ec4cd..1b80cf1 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-Ninja is a small build system closest in spirit to Make.
+Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
+http://martine.github.com/ninja/
 
 See the manual -- http://martine.github.com/ninja/manual.html or
-manual.asciidoc included in the distribution -- for more background,
-including motivation and build instructions.
+doc/manual.asciidoc included in the distribution -- for background
+and more details.
 
-Though the code is copyright Google, don't take that as an
-endorsement; I wrote this in my spare time for fun.
+To build, run ./bootstrap.sh.  It first blindly compiles all non-test
+source files together, then re-builds Ninja using itself.  You should
+end up with a 'ninja' binary in the source root.  Run './ninja -h' for
+help.
+
+There is no installation step.  The only file of interest to a user
+is the resulting ninja binary.
 
-Discussions about Ninja should take place on the mailing list:
-http://groups.google.com/group/ninja-build

diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc
index 2ad5918..43b8fa1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/manual.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc
@@ -136,23 +136,7 @@ Getting started
 
 Start by downloading the code from
 https://github.com/martine/ninja[the github repo].
-
-The included `bootstrap.sh` should hopefully produce a working `ninja`
-binary, by first blindly compiling all non-test files together then
-re-building Ninja using itself.
-
-Usage is currently just
-
-----------------
-ninja target
-----------------
-
-where `target` is a known output described by `build.ninja` in the
-current directory.
-
-There is no installation step; the only files of interest to a user
-are the resulting binary and this manual.
-
+The included `README` describes the build and install process.
 
 Writing .ninja files
 --------------------