INSTALL: Update section about git-frotz form.

[git.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -27,20 +27,14 @@ Issues of note:
  - git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
    conflicts with a similarly named "GNU interactive tools" program.
 
-   Tough.  Either don't use the wrapper script, or delete the old GNU
-   interactive tools.  None of the core git stuff needs the wrapper,
-   it's just a convenient shorthand and while it is documented in some
-   places, you can always replace "git commit" with "git-commit"
-   instead.
-
-   But let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and
-   even if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does.  I don't think it
-   has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
+   Let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and even
+   if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does.  I don't think it has
+   been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
    graphical file managers.
 
-   NOTE: As of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has been
-         renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition
-         option and then it will not conflict with git.
+   In addition, as of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has
+   been renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition
+   option and then it will not conflict with git.
 
  - You can use git after building but without installing if you
    wanted to.  Various git commands need to find other git
@@ -67,10 +61,10 @@ Issues of note:
          that come with git (git includes the one from Mozilla, and has
          its own PowerPC and ARM optimized ones too - see the Makefile).
 
-       - "libcurl" and "curl" executable.  git-http-fetch and
-         git-fetch use them.  If you do not use http
-         transfer, you are probably OK if you do not have
-         them.
+       - libcurl library; git-http-fetch and git-fetch use them.  You
+         might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
+         If you do not use http transfer, you are probably OK if you
+         do not have them.
 
        - expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
          management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional.
@@ -83,9 +77,6 @@ Issues of note:
        - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
          the barebone Porcelainish scripts.
 
-       - "cpio" is used by git-clone when doing a local (possibly
-         hardlinked) clone.
-
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have