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fix(docs): better highlight macos link, remove bazelisk recommendation #4939

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@jaysachs jaysachs merged commit dee76d7 into kythe:master May 20, 2021
@@ -63,19 +63,6 @@ for pkg in asciidoc bison brotli flex go graphviz leveldb node openjdk parallel
brew install $pkg
done

# For Bazel, we recommend using Bazelisk, a wrapper tool that uses
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This leaves macOS users without clear instructions for how to install Bazel. What's the current recommendation, if not to use Bazelisk?

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Oh, good catch.

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Wait ... that is on the main "getting started". The "getting started for macOS" is about dependencies. Bazel install instructions are general ("surf to bazel.io and install")

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Fair enough. That didn't used to work. Interestingly, one of their four recommended ways to install Bazel on macOS is via Bazelisk.

(I don't object to omitting the instructions, but I did have to drill about four pages deep into the mess of bazel.io to find that)

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