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INSTALL: a few small tweaks and clarifications
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ filter-repo only consists of a few files that need to be installed:

If you want `git filter-repo --help` to display the manpage, this needs
to be copied into $MANDIR/man1/ where $MANDIR is some entry from $MANPATH.
(Note that `git filter-repo -h` will show a more limited built-in set of
instructions regardless of whether the manpage is installed.)

* git-filter-repo.html

The manpage is good enough for me and my systems, but an html-formatted
version of the same page is provided for those who prefer it. Place it
where ever you like; I have no idea where such a thing should go.


# Installation via Makefile

Installing should be doable by hand, but a Makefile is provided for those
Expand All @@ -42,19 +45,20 @@ Also, the Makefile will not edit the shebang line (the first line) of
git-filter-repo if your python executable is not named "python3";
you'll still need to do that yourself.


# Installation via [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/)

Coming soon; see [PR #16](https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/pull/16).
Once it's in place, you'll be able to install via
For those who prefer to install python packages via pip, you merely need
to run:

$ pip3 install git-filter-repo


# Installation via Package Manager

There are [package
managers](https://alternativeto.net/software/yellowdog-updater-modified/?license=opensource)
for most operating systems; from
For those who prefer to install software via a [package
manager](https://alternativeto.net/software/yellowdog-updater-modified/?license=opensource)
for their operating system, there are many choices -- from
[dnf](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf) or
[yum](http://yum.baseurl.org/) or
[apt-get](https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html)
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