[commit: ghc] master: Explain how to clone GitHub forks. Ticket #8379. (89f5f31)

[git at git.haskell.org]

Repository : ssh://git@git.haskell.org/ghc

On branch  : master
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/89f5f314e32c3e80c71f4b3dcc8835ae74d7d57f/ghc

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commit 89f5f314e32c3e80c71f4b3dcc8835ae74d7d57f
Author: Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema at gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 21 01:07:59 2014 +0200

    Explain how to clone GitHub forks. Ticket #8379.
    
    This information is mirrored at:
    http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSources#GettingaGHCrepositoryfromGitHub
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>


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89f5f314e32c3e80c71f4b3dcc8835ae74d7d57f
 README.md | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f35df72..32234c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
 
  2. *Check out the source code from git*
 
-  First clone the GHC github read-only repository:
+  The official mirror for GHC on GitHub is located at https://github.com/ghc/ghc.
 
         $ git clone git://github.com/ghc/ghc.git
-
-  Then run the `sync-all` script in that repository to get the other repositories:
-
         $ cd ghc
         $ ./sync-all get
 
-  This checks out the "boot" packages.
+  If you want to clone your own fork instead, add an argument to `sync-all` to
+  tell it where it can find the other repositories it needs.
+
+        $ git clone <your preferred github.com GHC fork URL> ghc
+        $ cd ghc
+        $ ./sync-all -r git://github.com/ghc get
 
   **DO NOT submit pull request directly to the github repo.**
   *See the GHC developer team's working conventions re [contributing patches](http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions/Git#Contributingpatches "ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions/Git#Contributingpatches").*
@@ -132,5 +134,5 @@ you to join!
           "http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/"
   [11]: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/
           "http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/"
-  [12]: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Contributors
-          "http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Contributors"
+  [12]: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/TeamGHC
+          "http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/TeamGHC"