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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ You can use any host that runs Git. For a simple setup script, check out [Dazzle
 [...on Mac](https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/blob/master/SparkleShare/Mac/README.md)  
 [...on Windows](https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/blob/master/SparkleShare/Windows/README.md)  
 
+SparkleShare bundles Git on Mac on Windows. On Linux distributions you will need to to install the `git` or `git-core` package.
+
 
 ### Finally...