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-rw-r--r--DEVELOPERS.md1
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7b00399..475c288 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ Contributing
Overview
--------
-- Fork the repo.
-- Prepare the build system: `./autogen.sh`. (This depends on GNU autoconf and
- GNU automake.)
-- Configure the package: `./configure`.
-- Make sure the tests pass: `make check`.
- Make your changes.
- Update `NEWS.md.in`.
- Update `.mailmap` if necessary.
@@ -37,6 +32,21 @@ it in the commit message (`Fixes #42.`).
[mailmap]: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/mailmap.txt
+Setup
+-----
+
+1. Fork the repo.
+2. Install dependencies
+
+ - Cram is used for tests: `pip install cram`
+ - The mustache gem for building the HTML pages: `gem install mustache`
+
+3. Prepare the build system: `./autogen.sh`. (This depends on GNU
+ autoconf and GNU automake.)
+4. Configure the package: `./configure`.
+5. Make sure the tests pass: `make check`.
+6. Start hacking
+
Testing
-------
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS.md b/DEVELOPERS.md
index 00e5d41..c39c755 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS.md
+++ b/DEVELOPERS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This all depends on a `gh-pages` branch:
First build the distribution:
+ ./configure
make distcheck
On any system you can build the tarball, Homebrew package, Arch