Commit e5fd5b94 by Vicent Marti

Update README.md

Fix my broken English.
Fix formatting issues in some links.
Add new build flag options.

Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>
parent 8507ab12
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Building libgit2 - Unix systems
==================================
In Unix-like systems, like Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X, libgit2 has
In Unix-like systems, like Linux, xBSD and Mac OS X, libgit2 has
the following dependencies:
* Python 2.5-3.1 <http://www.python.org>
Used by run the build system; no extra libraries required.
Should probably ship installed with your OS.
Used to run the build system; no extra libraries required.
Should probably ship installed with your OS.
* zlib 1.2+ <http://www.zlib.net/>
* LibSSL <http://www.openssl.org/>
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines;
libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines; libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
To build it, first configure the build system by running:
......@@ -75,17 +76,17 @@ When building under Windows using the MSVC compiler, libgit2 has
the following dependencies:
* Python 2.5-3.1 <http://www.python.org>
Used by run the build system; no extra libraries required.
Used to run the build system; no extra libraries required.
* zlib 1.2+ (Windows API Version) <http://www.zlib.net/>
Make sure you compile the ZLib library using the MSVC solution
that ships in its source distribution.
Alternatively, you may download precompiled binaries from:
http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/
Make sure you compile the ZLib library using the MSVC solution that ships in its source distribution.
Alternatively, you may download precompiled binaries from: <http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/>
* LibSSL <http://www.openssl.org/>
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines;
libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines; libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
To build it, first configure the build system by running:
......@@ -100,26 +101,26 @@ You can then test the library with:
$ ./waf test
Lastly, you can manually install the generated *.lib and *.dll files, depending on
your preferences.
Lastly, you can manually install the generated *.lib and *.dll files, depending on your preferences.
Building libgit2 - Windows MinGW
==================================
When building under Windows using the GCC compiler that ships with MinGW,
libgit2 has the following dependencies:
When building under Windows using the GCC compiler that ships with MinGW, libgit2 has the following dependencies:
* Python 2.5-3.1 <http://www.python.org>
Used by run the build system; no extra libraries required.
Used to run the build system; no extra libraries required.
* zlib 1.2+ <http://www.zlib.net/>
* pthreads-w32 <http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/>
Or an equivalent pthreads implementation for non-POSIX systems
Or an equivalent pthreads implementation for non-POSIX systems
* LibSSL <http://www.openssl.org/>
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines;
libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
Only needed if you want to re-use OpenSSL's SHA1 routines; libgit2 compiles its own routines by default.
To build it, first configure the build system and force GCC as the compiler,
instead of the default MSVC:
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or the SHA1 functions from LibCrypto (OpenSSL).
Defaults to 'builtin'.
--msvc=[7.1|8.0|9.0|10.0]
Force a specific version of the MSVC compiler, if more than
one version is installed.
--arch=[ia64|x64|x86|x86_amd64|x86_ia64]
Force a specific architecture for compilers that support it.
You can run `./waf --help` to see a full list of install options and
targets.
......@@ -169,7 +177,7 @@ Ruby
Rugged is the reference library used to make sure the
libgit2 API is sane. This should be mostly up to date.
[[https://github.com/libgit2/rugged]]
<https://github.com/libgit2/rugged>
Python
......@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ Python
Pygit2 is a Python binding to libgit2.
[[https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2]]
<https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2>
Erlang
--------------------
......@@ -186,7 +194,7 @@ Geef is an example of an Erlang NIF binding to libgit2. A bit out of
date, but basically works. Best as a proof of concept of what you could
do with Erlang and NIFs with libgit2.
[[https://github.com/schacon/geef]]
<https://github.com/schacon/geef>
If you start another language binding to libgit2, please let us know so
we can add it to the list.
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