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[v4,2/9] INSTALL: reword and copy-edit the "libcurl" section

Message ID patch-v4-2.9-2f3a09c98d2-20210913T144846Z-avarab@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit e54e50201cc2df009a60b8754570cf6ce9dcff43
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Series post-v2.33 "drop support for ancient curl" follow-up | expand

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Sept. 13, 2021, 2:51 p.m. UTC 
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>
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 INSTALL | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5b8bd5ccce1..d593f628749 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@  Issues of note:
 	  BLK_SHA1.  Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
 	  (PPC_SHA1).
 
-	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
-	  the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send. If you do not
-	  use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
-	  patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
-	  (use NO_CURL).
+	- "libcurl" library is used for fetching and pushing
+	  repositories over http:// or https://, as well as by
+	  git-imap-send if the curl version is >= 7.34.0. If you do
+	  not need that functionality, use NO_CURL to build without
+	  it.
 
 	- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
 	  management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional