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diff --git a/doc/intro.rst b/doc/intro.rst index 51187569..c96766fb 100644 --- a/doc/intro.rst +++ b/doc/intro.rst @@ -13,13 +13,21 @@ The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of Requirements ============ -* Tested with `Git`_ 1.7.0 or newer +* `Git`_ 1.7.0 or newer + It should also work with older versions, but it may be that some operations + involving remotes will not work as expected. +* `GitDB`_ - a pure python git database implementation + + * `async`_ - asynchronous task scheduling + * `Python Nose`_ - used for running the tests * `Mock by Michael Foord`_ used for tests. Requires version 0.5 .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/ .. _Python Nose: http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/ .. _Mock by Michael Foord: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/mock.html +.. _GitDB: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gitdb +.. _async: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/async Installing GitPython ==================== @@ -49,6 +57,8 @@ script: .. sourcecode:: none # python setup.py install + +.. note:: In this case, you have to manually install `GitDB`_ and `async`_ as well. It would be recommended to use the :ref:`git source repository <source-code-label>` in that case. Getting Started =============== @@ -63,6 +73,8 @@ API Reference An organized section of the GitPthon API is at :ref:`api_reference_toplevel`. +.. _source-code-label: + Source Code =========== @@ -75,7 +87,16 @@ and cloned using:: $ git clone git://gitorious.org/git-python/mainline.git git-python $ git clone git://github.com/Byron/GitPython.git git-python - + +Initialize all submodules to obtain the required dependencies with:: + + $ cd git-python + $ git submodule update --init --recursive + +Finally verify the installation by running the `nose powered <http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/>`_ unit tests:: + + $ nosetests + Mailing List ============ http://groups.google.com/group/git-python |