+
ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
+ http://ngircd.barton.de/
+
+ (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+ ngIRCd is free software and published under the
+ terms of the GNU General Public License.
-- GIT.txt --
-The source code of ngIRCd is maintained using git, the stupid content
-tracker.
-I. Getting the source code
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To access the source tree anonymously, run:
+The source code of ngIRCd is maintained using GIT, an distributed version
+control system. Homepage including documentation: <http://git-scm.com/>.
+
+
+I. Viewing the source code online
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ngIRCd "GITweb" interface allows you to browse the GIT repository and
+to see all individual files, tags, branches, commits etc.:
+
+ <http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git>
+
+
+II. Getting the source code
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To access (copy, clone) the source tree repository anonymously, run:
$ git clone git://ngircd.barton.de/ngircd.git
source files.
The newly created directory ("ngircd") is the "working directory", all
-git commands will be executed from within this directory in the future.
+GIT commands will be executed from within this directory in the future.
-Please note: When checking out a fresh copy of ngIRCd using git, the
+Please note: When checking out a fresh copy of ngIRCd using GIT, the
configure script doesn't exist; you have to run the autogen.sh shell script
(which is included in the source tree) to generate it. This requires you to
-have GNU automake and GNU autoconf installed on your system.
+have GNU automake and GNU autoconf installed on your system. Please see the
+file INSTALL for details!
-To update the git tree:
+To update the local GIT repository:
$ git pull
This retrieves all changes and merges them into the current branch.
-II. Contributing
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+III. Contributing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Patches should be sent to the ngircd mailing list. List homepage:
http://arthur.barton.de/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml
to Alex Barton, <alex@barton.de>.
-III. Write Access
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-If you want to contribute a couple of patches and write access to the git
-repository would be handy, please contact Alex Barton, <alex@barton.de>.
+IV. Write Access
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If you want to contribute a couple of patches and write access to the GIT
+repository would be handy, please contact Alex Barton, <alex@barton.de>.