README for building from source

README.md

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+See <http://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/wiki/Setup> for setup instructions for the stable version of sbt.
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+To build from source, get the latest stable version of sbt (above) and get the code:
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+	$ git clone git://github.com/harrah/xsbt.git
+	$ cd xsbt
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+The latest tag for 0.9.x is 0.9.0:
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+	$ git checkout v0.9.0
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+Or, get the development branch for 0.9.x:
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+	$ git checkout 0.9
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+To build:
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+	$ sbt update "project Launcher" proguard "project Simple Build Tool" "publish-local"
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+Copy your stable ~/bin/sbt script to ~/bin/xsbt and change it to use the launcher at:
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+	<xsbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.9.0-SNAPSHOT.jar