Doc improvements.

* README-hacking: Prefer the no-hyphen variant of git commands,
e.g., use "git pull" not "git-pull".
Don't presume that the only way to read this document is via a
prior git clone: provide instructions for cloning coreutils, too.

* README-hacking: Add "cd automake" in build instructions.
From Bob Proulx.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2757dff..1f345ee 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 2007-10-24  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+       Doc improvements.
+       * README-hacking: Prefer the no-hyphen variant of git commands,
+       e.g., use "git pull" not "git-pull".
+       Don't presume that the only way to read this document is via a
+       prior git clone: provide instructions for cloning coreutils, too.
+
+       * README-hacking: Add "cd automake" in build instructions.
+       From Bob Proulx.
+
        Don't fail part 2 of tests/rm/unreadable when run as root.
        * tests/rm/unreadable: With UID == 0, expect different results.
        Reported by Mike Frysinger.

diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 0c8f0d5..4998bb1 100644 (file)
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
 Valgrind supports your architecture.
 
 Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful.
-Later, a plain `git-pull && make' should be sufficient.
+Later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.
 
 * LZMA
 
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Automake on 2007-10-09 but is not yet available in a stable Automake
 version.  So until Automake 1.11 comes out, you'll need to get the
 bleeding-edge Automake version with a command like this:
 
-       $ cvs -d sources.redhat.com:/cvs/automake co automake
+       $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake
+       $ cd automake
        $ ./bootstrap
        $ ./configure
        $ make install
@@ -52,9 +53,12 @@ and build and install that version.
 
 * First GIT checkout
 
-Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to check out
-this package from GIT.  The next step is to get other files needed to
-build, which are extracted from other source packages:
+You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
+
+       $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils
+
+The next step is to get other files needed to build, which are
+extracted from other source packages:
 
        $ ./bootstrap
 
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ And there you are!  Just
 At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy,
 and the GIT master copy:
 
-       $ git-diff
+       $ git diff
 
 should output no difference.