From 91562247e0d11d28b4bc6d85ba50b7af2bd7224b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Thiel Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 08:06:13 +0100 Subject: An attempt to better steer questions and answers. Currently, people put it onto the mailing list and on stack overflow [ci skip] --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0019dc17..1895635f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of ### REQUIREMENTS -* Git ( tested with 1.8.3.4 ) -* Python Nose - used for running the tests - - Tested with nose 1.3.0 -* Mock by Michael Foord used for tests - - Tested with 1.0.1 -* Coverage - used for tests coverage +GitPython needs the `git` executable to be installed on the system and available in your `PATH` for most operations. If it is not in your `PATH`, you can help GitPython find it by setting the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=` environment variable. -The list of dependencies are listed in /requirements.txt and /test-requirements.txt. The installer takes care of installing them for you though. +* Git (1.7.x or newer) + +The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`. The installer takes care of installing them for you. ### INSTALL @@ -62,8 +59,16 @@ You can watch me fix issues or implement new features [live on Twitch][twitch-ch ### INFRASTRUCTURE * [User Documentation](http://gitpython.readthedocs.org) +* [Questions and Answers](http://stackexchange.com/filters/167317/gitpython) + * Please post on stackoverflow and use the `gitpython` tag * [Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/git-python) + * Please use it for everything that doesn't fit Stackoverflow. * [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues) + * Post reproducible bugs and feature requests as a new issue. Please be sure to provide the following information if posting bugs: + * GitPython version (e.g. `import git; git.__version__`) + * Python version (e.g. `python --version`) + * The encountered stack-trace, if applicable + * Enough information to allow reproducing the issue ### LICENSE -- cgit v1.2.1