From 39549bebf0f4bcbc9fe5a67affe4d9ae00f6993f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Klabnik Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:30:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note that this requires `git`. --- src/doc/guide.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index f7d1fad1fae3..d295a8a6b5da 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -301,7 +301,14 @@ $ make install # may need sudo or admin permissions ``` The `--recursive` downloads Cargo's own dependencies. You can't use Cargo to -fetch dependencies until you have Cargo installed! +fetch dependencies until you have Cargo installed! Also, you will need to have +`git` installed. Much of the Rust world assumes `git` usage, so it's a good +thing to have around. Please check out [the git +documentation](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) for +more on installing `git`. + +We hope to give Cargo a binary installer, similar to Rust's own, so that +this will not be necessary in the future. Let's see if that worked. Try this: