contributing: Broken link to Git manual

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  • Ludovic Courtès
  • Maxim Cournoyer
  • Maxime Devos
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Maxime Devos wrote on 6 Jun 2022 20:22
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251988a3dc1d603e179dfe47c9de4e05f1396859.camel@telenet.be
contributing.texi contains:

@pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git User Manual}).

However, there is no 'git' info manual. I guess the ', git,' should
be replaced by ',,' or something like that to avoid implying there's
a git info page?

Greetings,
Maxime.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 15 Jun 2022 22:42
(name . Maxime Devos)(address . maximedevos@telenet.be)(address . 55821@debbugs.gnu.org)
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Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:

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> contributing.texi contains:
>
> @pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git User Manual}).
>
> However, there is no 'git' info manual.

I think there used to be one; could it be that we’re no longer building
it?

Ludo’.
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 11 Jul 2022 21:20
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
87r12rbgn1.fsf@gmail.com
Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

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> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:
>
>> contributing.texi contains:
>>
>> @pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git User Manual}).
>>
>> However, there is no 'git' info manual.
>
> I think there used to be one; could it be that we’re no longer building
> it?

Indeed, support for it was contributed by David Kastrup in 2007 [0]. It
seems we should be running 'make install-info' explicitly. Perl is
needed, unless that bit changed.


Thanks,

Maxim
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 11 Jul 2022 23:50
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
87k08jb9ot.fsf@gmail.com
Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hi Ludo,
>
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:
>>
>>> contributing.texi contains:
>>>
>>> @pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git User Manual}).
>>>
>>> However, there is no 'git' info manual.
>>
>> I think there used to be one; could it be that we’re no longer building
>> it?
>
> Indeed, support for it was contributed by David Kastrup in 2007 [0]. It
> seems we should be running 'make install-info' explicitly. Perl is
> needed, unless that bit changed.

Fixed in 245ddc255a on core-updates.

The info node name was also wrong, that was fixed on master with
5ecbf5b1637762281992befec7fa53f966e5d0b1. Note to attentive readers,
you'll only see the final (working) info link on core-updates or after
the next merge of it into master.

Thanks,

Maxim
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