From ecb172b785d5989e8b22a48855d8e2f5dd27eb4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:18:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] new README, in preparation for rolling the new release into "master" --- README.mkd | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.mkd diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afbcf3f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.mkd @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Gitolite README + +**Github users: please read the "wiki" link at the top of the page before +submitting issues or pull requests**. + +---- + +If you're reading this on the main gitolite page on github, several +**IMPORTANT CHANGES** have happened to gitolite: + +1. A competely re-written version of gitolite has been pushed to the "master" + branch, and is now the actively maintained and supported software. Do NOT + try to merge this with your old "master" branch! + +2. Versions v2.x is on branch "g2". It will be supported for security issues + and serious bugs in core functionality, but not for anything less + critical. Versions v1.x are completely unsupported now. + +If you're an existing (v1.x, v2.x) gitolite user please spend some time with +the documentation for the new version before upgrading. The [main page][h-mp] +leads to quick install as well as several other useful starting points. The +[table of contents][h-mt] is a much more meaningfully ordered/structured list +of links (instead of putting them in alphabetical order of the filename, like +in g2!) + +[h-mp]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/ +[h-mt]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/master-toc.html + +---- + +License information for code and documentation is at the end of doc/index.mkd +(or you can read it online [here][license]).