update link and formatting of install via git page in manual.

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Axel Kohlmeyer
2020-09-02 15:41:17 -04:00
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@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ between them at any time using "git checkout <branch name>".)
Once the command completes, your directory will contain the same files
as if you unpacked a current LAMMPS tarball, with the exception, that
the HTML documentation files are not included. They can be fetched
from the LAMMPS website by typing "make fetch" in the doc directory.
from the LAMMPS website by typing ``make fetch`` in the doc directory.
Or they can be generated from the content provided in doc/src by
typing "make html" from the doc directory.
typing ``make html`` from the doc directory.
After initial cloning, as bug fixes and new features are added to
LAMMPS, as listed on :doc:`this page <Errors_bugs>`, you can stay
@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ repository file with your version of the file and tell you if there
are any conflicts. See the git documentation for details.
If you want to access a particular previous release version of LAMMPS,
you can instead "checkout" any version with a published tag. See the
output of "git tag -l" for the list of tags. The git command to do
you can instead "check out" any version with a published tag. See the
output of ``git tag -l`` for the list of tags. The git command to do
this is as follows.
.. code-block:: bash
@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ this is as follows.
$ git checkout tagID
Stable versions and what tagID to use for a particular stable version
are discussed on :doc:`this page <Errors_bugs>`. Note that this command
will print some warnings, because in order to get back to the latest
revision and to be able to update with "git pull" again, you first
will need to first type "git checkout unstable" (or check out any
other desired branch).
are discussed on `this page <https://lammps.sandia.gov/bug.html#version>`_.
Note that this command will print some warnings, because in order to get
back to the latest revision and to be able to update with ``git pull``
again, you first will need to first type ``git checkout unstable`` (or
check out any other desired branch).
Once you have updated your local files with a "git pull" (or "git
checkout"), you still need to re-build LAMMPS if any source files have
Once you have updated your local files with a ``git pull`` (or ``git
checkout``), you still need to re-build LAMMPS if any source files have
changed. To do this, you should cd to the src directory and type:
.. code-block:: bash