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| author | Nico Weber <thakis@chromium.org> | 2014-11-24 17:37:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Nico Weber <thakis@chromium.org> | 2014-11-24 17:37:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 3309498174411e02e7680ea8b470bb7d1d70bdb8 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c84adc7263350e6929dca36d778ea7e29fe5cc5 /README | |
| parent | 85e13c163d0129216fb382df6a53d11393c4c0c2 (diff) | |
| parent | b532cab080bbde2068ab49aba814c7176111681f (diff) | |
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@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ See the manual -- http://martine.github.com/ninja/manual.html or doc/manual.asciidoc included in the distribution -- for background and more details. -To build, run ./bootstrap.py. It first blindly compiles all non-test +To build, run ./configure.py --bootstrap. It first compiles all non-test source files together, then re-builds Ninja using itself. You should -end up with a 'ninja' binary in the source root. Run './ninja -h' for -help. +end up with a 'ninja' binary in the source root. -There is no installation step. The only file of interest to a user -is the resulting ninja binary. +Run './configure.py --help' for more configuration options. +Run './ninja -h' for Ninja help. + +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. |