From 2bbf1891a6ef4965aed6a063b9ff97308abbd10b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Davison Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:01:42 +0000 Subject: Note that MacOS binaries do not work on older OS versions Fixes #462 --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 37824894..bf7a0be2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ In addition, delta handles traditional unified diff output. ## Installation -You can download an executable for your system: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | [MacOS](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases) +You can download an executable for your system: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | [MacOS (recent versions)](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases) Alternatively, delta is available in the following package managers: @@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ Alternatively, delta is available in the following package managers: +Users of older MacOS versions (e.g. 10.11 El Capitan) should install using Homebrew, Cargo, or MacPorts: the binaries on the release page will not work. + See [repology.org/git-delta](https://repology.org/project/git-delta/versions) for the current version in each package repository. Behind the scenes, delta uses `less` for paging. The version of `less` that comes with your operating system may be too old (currently, less v551 is a good choice). On MacOS, install `less` from Homebrew. For Windows, see [Using Delta on Windows](#using-delta-on-windows). -- cgit v1.2.3