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authorEvan Martin <martine@danga.com>2014-11-18 17:44:14 (GMT)
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Merge pull request #836 from nocnokneo/patch-1
Mention optional files in installation instructions
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@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ end up with a 'ninja' binary in the source root.
Run './configure.py --help' for more configuration options.
Run './ninja -h' for Ninja help.
-There is no installation step. The only file of interest to a user
-is the resulting ninja binary.
+Installation is not necessary because the only required file is is the
+resulting ninja binary. However, to enable features like Bash
+completion and Emacs and Vim editing modes, some files in misc/ must be
+copied to appropriate locations.
If you're interested in making changes to Ninja, read HACKING.md first.