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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index d3fa45b010..67a7453659 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : types for retrieving package tarballs. Git, Subversion, Mercurial, and Bazaar are supported URL types for retrieving packages directly from source code management systems. There is a helper function to make - it easier to download source tarballs from github (refer to + it easier to download source tarballs from GitHub (refer to xref:github-download-url[] for details). A filesystem path may be used to specify either a tarball or a directory containing the package source code. See +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below for more details on how diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt index 9266af6755..0d4fcb0627 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ using the following rules: [[github-download-url]] -==== How to add a package from github +==== How to add a package from GitHub -Packages on github often don't have a download area with release tarballs. +Packages on GitHub often don't have a download area with release tarballs. However, it is possible to download tarballs directly from the repository -on github. As github is known to have changed download mechanisms in the +on GitHub. As GitHub is known to have changed download mechanisms in the past, the 'github' helper function should be used as shown below. ------------------------ |
