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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-15 15:57:41 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-15 15:57:41 -0400
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Programs from Linux and OSX standalone builds can now be symlinked into a directory in PATH as an alternative installation method, and will use readlink to find where the build was unpacked.
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@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ To use, just unpack the tarball, `cd git-annex.linux` and run `./runshell`
as everything else included in the bundle.
Alternatively, you can unpack the tarball, and add the directory to your
-`PATH`. This lets you use `git annex`, without overriding your system's
+`PATH`, or symlink the programs in the directory to a directory in your
+PATH. This lets you use `git annex`, without overriding your system's
own versions of git, etc.
Warning: This is a last resort. Most Linux users should instead