From 29332b5040ee3857d4e62c70042090a2945acc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Biasini <marco.biasini@unibas.ch>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:31:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added hint on how to disable ssl verification when cloning
 git repository

---
 modules/doc/install.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/doc/install.rst b/modules/doc/install.rst
index 525561543..b0c8381db 100644
--- a/modules/doc/install.rst
+++ b/modules/doc/install.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ OpenStructure uses `git` as the revision control system. The main repository can
   
 The above command will clone OpenStructre into the directory called `directory-name`. If omitted, the directory will be called ost. Alternatively, you might consider getting one of the nightly source code snapshots from the `downloads section <http://www.openstructure.org/downloads/>`_.
 
+.. note::
+
+  Some version of curl have have trouble with the certificate of the 
+  OpenStructure git server and fail to clone the repository. To work around 
+  this, disable the SLL certificate verification with the following command:
+  
+  .. code-block:: bash
+  
+    git config --global http.sslVerify false
+
 
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