Re: Git sources doesn't contain the INSATLL file? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> On 6 Apr 2023, at 22:13, tison <wander4096@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Hackers,
>
> I opened https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=tree and clone the repo. The README file says that I
canread the INSTALL file to understand how to build from source. But there is no such file in Git sources. Is it
expected?If so, why? 

it's very expected, the README.git file contains:

    "In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, a documentation file
    named INSTALL will appear in this directory.  However, this file is not
    stored in git and so will not be present if you are using a git
    checkout."

The INSTALL file was removed in 54d314c93c0baf5d3bd303d206d8ab9f58be1c37 a long
time ago.

That being said, maybe README should have wording along the lines of the above
since it's now referring to a file which might not exist?

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Daniel Gustafsson