refs/packed-backend.c: implement jump lists to avoid excluded pattern(s)

[thirdparty/git.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 88c8b3cd465cce2b3827d1e3e8938d24c9beff0c..4b422888828d0e99b7398f9e55055525330cf597 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Issues of note:
          for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "request-pull").
 
        - "Perl" version 5.8 or later is needed to use some of the
-         features (e.g. preparing a partial commit using "git add -i/-p",
+         features (e.g. sending patches using "git send-email",
          interacting with svn repositories with "git svn").  If you can
          live without these, use NO_PERL.  Note that recent releases of
          Redhat/Fedora are reported to ship Perl binary package with some
@@ -133,17 +133,11 @@ Issues of note:
          you are using libcurl older than 7.34.0.  Otherwise you can use
          NO_OPENSSL without losing git-imap-send.
 
-         By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use its own
-         library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
-         BLK_SHA1.  Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
-         (PPC_SHA1).
-
-       - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
-         the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send.  You might also
-         want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. If you do not
-         use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
-         patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
-         (use NO_CURL).
+       - "libcurl" library is used for fetching and pushing
+         repositories over http:// or https://, as well as by
+         git-imap-send if the curl version is >= 7.34.0. If you do
+         not need that functionality, use NO_CURL to build without
+         it.
 
          Git requires version "7.19.5" or later of "libcurl" to build
          without NO_CURL. This version requirement may be bumped in
@@ -201,7 +195,9 @@ Issues of note:
    Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
    dblatex.  Version >= 0.2.7 is known to work.
 
-   All formats require at least asciidoc 8.4.1.
+   All formats require at least asciidoc 8.4.1. Alternatively, you can
+   use Asciidoctor (requires Ruby) by passing USE_ASCIIDOCTOR=YesPlease
+   to make. You need at least Asciidoctor version 1.5.
 
    There are also "make quick-install-doc", "make quick-install-man"
    and "make quick-install-html" which install preformatted man pages