Re: [PATCH 2/3] myfirstcontrib: add dependency installation step

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Emily Shaffer wrote:
>
>> Indicate that the user needs some dependencies before the build will run
>> happily on their machine; this dependency list doesn't seem to be made
>> clear anywhere else in the project documentation.
>
> In theory, this info should be in INSTALL.  I wouldn't be surprised if
> it's missing some info, though.
>
> [...]
>> --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
>> @@ -38,6 +38,30 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/git/git git
>>  $ cd git
>>  ----
>>  
>> +[[dependencies]]
>> +=== Installing Dependencies
>> +
>> +To build Git from source, you need to have a handful of dependencies installed
>> +on your system. For a hint of what's needed, you can take a look at
>> +`ci/install-dependencies.sh`.
>> +
>> +To install the dependencies needed for a basic build on Linux, run something
>> +like this (or replace `apt` with your distribution's package manager of choice):
>
> pedantic nit: s/or replace/replacing/ ("or" would mean rpm is an
> alternative to what came before, but "something like" in the phrase
> before has rpm already included)

This section, as you hinted at the beginning, should be a single
sentence, i.e. just "follow INSTALL".  Any clarifications should 
be made as a patch to the INSTALL file.

Thanks.