changeset 5975:d9e6e489f171

docs: reminder to add c:\path\to\git\bin to PATH
author domruf <dominikruf@gmail.com>
date Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:32:15 +0200
parents c7dc1c7ace67
children 769e86868c6c
files docs/installation_win.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/docs/installation_win.rst	Wed Jun 15 21:53:13 2016 +0200
+++ b/docs/installation_win.rst	Sun Jun 12 21:32:15 2016 +0200
@@ -145,14 +145,16 @@
           complete. Some warnings will appear. Don't worry, they are
           normal.
 
-Step 8 -- Install git (optional)
+Step 8 -- Install Git (optional)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Mercurial being a python package, it was installed automatically when doing "pip install kallithea".
+Mercurial being a python package, was installed automatically when doing ``pip install kallithea``.
 
-You need to install git manually if you want Kallithea to be able to host git repositories.
-
+You need to install Git manually if you want Kallithea to be able to host Git repositories.
 See http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git#Installing-on-Windows for instructions.
+The location of the Git binaries (like ``c:\path\to\git\bin``) must be
+added to the ``PATH`` environment variable so ``git.exe`` and other tools like
+``gzip.exe`` are available.
 
 Step 9 -- Configuring Kallithea
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@
 
 If you make a mistake and the script doesn't end, don't worry: start it again.
 
-If you decided not to install git, you will get errors about it that you can ignore.
+If you decided not to install Git, you will get errors about it that you can ignore.
 
 Step 10 -- Running Kallithea
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^