From: Valentin Villenave <v.villenave@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 17:09:01 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Doc: small addition to CG "Getting the source code"
X-Git-Tag: release/2.13.23-1~29^2~18
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=955dfbc2b9fd44e5956e064a8eebf9fb8e784e34;p=lilypond.git

Doc: small addition to CG "Getting the source code"

Graham: I hear you :-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/included/compile.itexi b/Documentation/included/compile.itexi
index 81d82ddf25..777582166d 100644
--- a/Documentation/included/compile.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/included/compile.itexi
@@ -234,9 +234,15 @@ repository.  Setting up a local Git repository is explained in
 @subheading Downloading a source tarball
 
 Packagers are encouraged to use source tarballs for compiling.
+
 The tarball for the latest stable release is available on the
 @rweb{Source} page.
 
+@noindent
+The latest
+@uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=snapshot, source code snapshot}
+is also available as a tarball from the GNU Savannah Git server.
+
 @noindent
 All tagged releases (including legacy stable
 versions and the most recent development release) are available
@@ -265,6 +271,10 @@ This creates a subdirectory within the current directory called
 @file{lilypond-@var{x.y.z}/}.  Once unpacked, the source files
 occupy about 40 MB of disk space.
 
+Windows users wanting to look at the source code may have to
+download and install the free-software
+@uref{http://www.7-zip.org, 7zip archiver} to extract the tarball.
+
 
 @node Configuring @command{make}
 @section Configuring @command{make}