INSTALL: Reorder dependencies, split shell and Perl

The most important and non-optional dependencies should go first, so put
them there.  While we're moving them, the descriptions for shell and perl
were archaic, referring to "bare-bones Porcelainish scripts" that have
become powerful and essential.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5267468f09d4e7c29aa58fab8132216f445d9617..7ab2580ede1d8d8a1697e02882b7f4f65a0cb5d3 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ Issues of note:
 
        - "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it.
 
+       - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net.
+
+       - A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed
+         for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull").
+
+       - "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a
+         partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn
+         repositories with "git svn").
+
        - "openssl".  Unless you specify otherwise, you'll get the SHA1
          library from here.
 
@@ -70,11 +79,6 @@ Issues of note:
         - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
           history graphically, and in git-gui.
 
-       - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
-
-       - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
-         the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.
-
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have