Re: Source code, git and cvs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:09:44 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > INSTALL is for building a release tarball. INSTALL.REPO is for
> > building a clone of the repository. They are different because some
> > files are present in the tarball, but not in the repository (they are
> > generated during the build from the repository).
> 
> Can this detail be included in README ?  Because currently README only  
> describes INSTALL. 

INSTALL itself already includes that information:

  For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an
  Emacs release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.