From 0d44ea1af1f95a19864cd78ec9ef545fd8fb929a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cam Findlay Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:28:13 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS Make a note to ensure people install Git and Composer Since Composer uses git and this isn't explicitly documented anywhere at our end I have added a note and link for newcomers to follow and get Git before getting Composer. --- docs/en/00_Getting_Started/02_Composer.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en/00_Getting_Started/02_Composer.md b/docs/en/00_Getting_Started/02_Composer.md index b254ca798..abb73d515 100644 --- a/docs/en/00_Getting_Started/02_Composer.md +++ b/docs/en/00_Getting_Started/02_Composer.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ We also have separate instructions for [installing modules with Composer](/devel ## Installing composer -To install Composer, run the following commands from your command-line. +Before installing Composer you should ensure your system has the version control system, [Git installed](http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git). Composer uses Git to check out the code dependancies you need to run your SilverStripe CMS website from the code repositories maintained on GitHub. + +Next, to install Composer, run the following commands from your command-line. # Download composer.phar curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php