New instructions on how to install from github.

git-svn-id: https://simplesamlphp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3391 44740490-163a-0410-bde0-09ae8108e29a

docs/index.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SimpleSAMLphp Documentation
     * [Upgrade notes for version 1.7](simplesamlphp-upgrade-notes-1.7)
     * [Upgrade notes for version 1.6](simplesamlphp-upgrade-notes-1.6)
     * [Upgrade notes for version 1.5](simplesamlphp-upgrade-notes-1.5)
-    * [Installation from Subversion](simplesamlphp-subversion)
+    * [Installation from the repository](simplesamlphp-install-repo)
     * [Changelog](simplesamlphp-changelog)
  * [Using simpleSAMLphp as a SAML Service Provider](simplesamlphp-sp)
   * [Hosted SP Configuration Reference](./saml:sp)

docs/simplesamlphp-install-repo.txt

+Installing SimpleSAMLphp from the repository
+============================================
+
+These are some notes about running SimpleSAMLphp from subversion.
+
+Installing from github
+----------------------
+
+Go to the directory where you want to install SimpleSAMLphp:
+
+    cd /var
+
+Then do a git clone:
+
+    git clone git@github.com:simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp.git simplesamlphp
+
+Initialize configuration and metadata:
+
+    cd /var/simplesamlphp
+    cp -r config-templates/* config/
+    cp -r metadata-templates/* metadata/
+
+Install the external dependencies with Composer (you can refer to http://getcomposer.org/ to get detailed
+instructions on how to install Composer itself):
+
+    php composer.phar install
+
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+
+Go to the root directory of your simpleSAMLphp installation:
+
+    cd /var/simplesamlphp
+
+Ask git to update to the latest version:
+
+    git fetch origin
+    git pull master
+
+Install the external dependencies with Composer (http://getcomposer.org/):
+    php composer.phar install

docs/simplesamlphp-install.txt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Development version
 --------------------
 
 This document is about the latest stable version of simpleSAMLphp.
-If you want to install the development version, look at the instructions for [installing simpleSAMLphp from Subversion](simplesamlphp-subversion).
+If you want to install the development version, look at the instructions for [installing simpleSAMLphp from the repository](simplesamlphp-install-repo).
 
 
 Prerequisites