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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2019-02-11 21:50:56 -0500
committerAkim Demaille <akim.demaille@gmail.com>2019-02-12 06:19:10 +0100
commit1997093e21393611a297c480cbb22a50a4f134cf (patch)
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parentf23b879ff5cb259660aa0b66556258e4c23f2488 (diff)
downloadbison-1997093e21393611a297c480cbb22a50a4f134cf.tar.gz
README: point to README-hacking
* README (Build from git): New. * README-hacking: Describe easier submodule update.
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** Updating
-The use of submodules make things somewhat different because git does not
-support recursive operations: submodules must be taken care of explicitly by
-the user.
+If you have git at version 1.8.2 or later, the command
+
+ $ git submodule update --recursive --remote
+
+will be useful for updating to the latest version of all submodules.
+
+Under earlier versions, use of submodules make things somewhat different
+because git does not yet support recursive operations: submodules must be
+taken care of explicitly.
*** Updating Bison