nark · nark · Apr 22, 2014 · Apr 22, 2014
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,14 @@ p7/wired.html
 obj/*
 run/libwired/*
 *.o
+
+# Make related
+Makefile
+configure
+config.log
+config.status
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.h.in~
+autom4te.cache
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ Wired library uses several external dependencies, which are usually distributed
 * zlib (compression)
 * sqlite3 (server backend)
 
+* GNU Autotools, if compiling from the Git repository.
+
 ### Getting started
 
+If compiling from the Git repository, first generate the configure script using the following command:
+
+`./bootstrap`
+
 To compile libwired, please refer to the configure help using the following command:
 
 `./configure --help`
@@ -27,4 +33,4 @@ Use the following commands to generate documentation:
 
 `./documentation`
 
-This will generate a Doxygen style source code documentation in the doc/ directory and a wired.htlm file in the p7/ directory.
+This will generate a Doxygen style source code documentation in the doc/ directory and a wired.htlm file in the p7/ directory.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+autoreconf -vi