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authorDan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>2019-06-26 14:20:57 -0400
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cd delta
cargo build
```
- This creates an executable inside the repo at `target/debug/delta`. Copy or symlink this executable to somewhere on your shell
+ This creates an executable inside the repo at `target/debug/delta`. Make sure this executable is found on your shell
`$PATH`.
- If you're not sure what that means, ignore it, and use
+ For example, if `~/bin` is in your `$PATH`, then you could use a symlink:
+ ```
+ cd ~/bin
+ ln -s /path/to/delta/target/debug/delta delta
+ ```
+
+ Alternatively, you can ignore `$PATH` and use
`/path/to/delta/target/debug/delta | less -R` in the next step.
#### 4. Configure git to use delta: