solution in readme

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d383517..e660979 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,28 +8,14 @@ Parts are old, parts are not done yet, we're getting there.
 
 ## only clone git-prompt.sh
 
-Define your git hooksPath. If `git config --global core.hooksPath` delivers no result, choose a directory
-where to place your hooks. I am going with `git config --global core.hooksPath '~/git-hooks'` (the quotation
-marks are essential here, otherwise `~` would be converted to a static home directory name).
+This repository does not include a git-prompt.sh source. This is due to the file residing inside
+the whole git repository. Submoduling cannot just include one file, so if you need this file here,
+the checkout is... up to you, kind of.
 
-Inside that folder, place a file with following content:
+Since I am maintaining this repo for ease of distribution for myself as well, here's the solution:
 
-```
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-if git remote get-url origin --no-all | grep -P 'lirion.*dotfiles(.git)?$' > /dev/null; then
-	install -dvm .git/modules
-	install -dvm .git/modules/git-prompt
-	install -dvm .git/modules/git-prompt/info
-	cat > .git/modules/git-prompt/info/sparse-checkout <<EOF
-contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
-EOF
-	rm -r ./git-prompt
-	git -c submodule.sha1collisiondetection.update=none submodule update --init --recursive
-fi
-```
-
-Then you can proceed to clone.
+Trigger `/.githooks/post-checkout` inside this repo. Either do this on any checkout, or set your git
+post-checkout trigger for this file to automatically take over.
 
 ## sha1collisiondetection
 
@@ -43,3 +29,5 @@ For git-prompt, its submodule sha1collisiondetection may be "broken" (i.e. it ca
 clone --recurse-submodules
 submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
+
+This only applies if you do not use `/.githooks/post-checkout` inside this repository.