From 470b9ed42b44d6e57a1303611bc363992cfed65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Lodato <lodato@google.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:23:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] README: update instructions to install CLI

- Add instructions for using `go install` to run the binary.
- Note that `go get` is only for use as a library.
---
 README | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index cea1287..fd191f7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 The Snappy compression format in the Go programming language.
 
-To download and install from source:
+To use as a library:
 $ go get github.com/golang/snappy
 
+To use as a binary:
+$ go install github.com/golang/snappy/cmd/snappytool@latest
+$ cat decoded | ~/go/bin/snappytool -e > encoded
+$ cat encoded | ~/go/bin/snappytool -d > decoded
+
 Unless otherwise noted, the Snappy-Go source files are distributed
 under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.