From 07bedb6ceb6e06808ab5b5ee28e0d095e11a1cd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bryan <bryan@veltar.systems>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:49:41 +0200
Subject: Make install work on Windows as well as Linux.

Windows copies rg.exe to %USERPROFILE%\.local\bin and skips the
man page. Linux still installs to /usr/local/bin and share/man.
PREFIX overrides the destination on both.
---
 README | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'README')

diff --git a/README b/README
index d470444..f84fe26 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ Linux:
 
 Windows (GNU make + clang, from this tree):
 
-	make
+	make install
 
 The Windows bits of config.mk are selected when OS=Windows_NT.
-Otherwise set CC, EXE=.exe, and CPPFLAGS by hand as commented there.
+Install path (override with PREFIX=...):
+  Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.local\bin  (add to PATH if it is not)
+  Linux:   /usr/local/bin            (often needs sudo)
+make uninstall removes the binary (and the man page on Linux).
 
 
 Running without make
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