INSTALL: reword and copy-edit the "libcurl" section
Make the "libcurl" section shorter and more to the point, this is mostly based on suggestions from [1]. 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/YTtxcBdF2VQdWp5C@coredump.intra.peff.net/ Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ Issues of note:
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BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
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(PPC_SHA1).
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- - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
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- the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send. If you do not
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- use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
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- patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
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- (use NO_CURL).
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+ - "libcurl" library is used for fetching and pushing
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+ repositories over http:// or https://, as well as by
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+ git-imap-send if the curl version is >= 7.34.0. If you do
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+ not need that functionality, use NO_CURL to build without
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+ it.
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- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
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management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional