# HG changeset patch
# User Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
# Date 1367433683 14400
# Node ID cfbc726cb4c54dc7068963eaa0b8bfe3b6bba4b2
# Parent  f441dc7d1afd0bfcfecdd1258172dad1e22fbf59
doc: remove git from list of build dependencies

diff --git a/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi b/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
@@ -48,18 +48,10 @@
 @section Building the Development Sources
 
 In addition to all the tools (both optional and required) that are
-listed in @ref{Build Dependencies} you will need:
-
-@table @asis
-@item Mercurial
-Distributed version control system (@url{http://mercurial.selenic.com}).
+listed in @ref{Build Dependencies} you will need Mercurial, a
+distributed version control system (@url{http://mercurial.selenic.com}).
 Octave's sources are stored in a Mercurial archive.
 
-@item Git
-Distributed version control system (@url{http://git-scm.com}).  The
-gnulib sources that Octave depends on are stored in a Git archive.
-@end table
-
 Once you have the required tools installed, you can build Octave by
 doing