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INSTALL: a few small tweaks and clarifications
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <[email protected]>
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If you want `git filter-repo --help` to display the manpage, this needs
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to be copied into $MANDIR/man1/ where $MANDIR is some entry from $MANPATH.
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(Note that `git filter-repo -h` will show a more limited built-in set of
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instructions regardless of whether the manpage is installed.)
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* git-filter-repo.html
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The manpage is good enough for me and my systems, but an html-formatted
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version of the same page is provided for those who prefer it. Place it
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where ever you like; I have no idea where such a thing should go.
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# Installation via Makefile
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Installing should be doable by hand, but a Makefile is provided for those
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git-filter-repo if your python executable is not named "python3";
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you'll still need to do that yourself.
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# Installation via [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/)
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Coming soon; see [PR #16](https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/pull/16).
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Once it's in place, you'll be able to install via
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For those who prefer to install python packages via pip, you merely need
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to run:
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$ pip3 install git-filter-repo
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# Installation via Package Manager
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There are [package
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managers](https://alternativeto.net/software/yellowdog-updater-modified/?license=opensource)
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for most operating systems; from
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For those who prefer to install software via a [package
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manager](https://alternativeto.net/software/yellowdog-updater-modified/?license=opensource)
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for their operating system, there are many choices -- from
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[dnf](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf) or
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[yum](http://yum.baseurl.org/) or
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[apt-get](https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html)

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