docs: drop --repo gh-cli from dnf install lines - #13444
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The documented dnf install lines pin resolution to the gh-cli repo with --repo gh-cli. That repo only ships the gh package, so on a fresh Fedora install without git already present the install fails with "nothing provides git needed by cligh-2.87.3-1.x86_64 from gh-cli" (cli#12808). Dropping --repo lets dnf pull git from the system repos while still installing gh from gh-cli. The maintainer suggested this in the issue thread after spotting that other projects (docker, vagrant) use addrepo without the restrictive --repo flag. Closes cli#12808 Signed-off-by: Charlie Tonneslan <cst0520@gmail.com>
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LGTM! Thanks for your contribution, @c-tonneslan! 🙏
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Closes #12808.
The documented `dnf` install lines pin resolution to the gh-cli repo with `--repo gh-cli`. That repo only ships the `gh` package, so on a fresh Fedora install without `git` already present the install fails with:
```
nothing provides git needed by gh-2.87.3-1.x86_64 from gh-cli
```
Dropped `--repo gh-cli` from the install command in both the DNF5 and DNF4 sections. dnf still pulls `gh` from the gh-cli repo (it's where the package lives) but can now resolve `git` from the system repos. The upgrade lines already use a bare `dnf update gh` so they're unchanged.
Matches what @niik proposed in the issue thread after spotting that other projects (docker, vagrant) use `addrepo` without the restrictive `--repo` flag.