Correct git clone and build instructions?

[Fernando Carrijo]

Hi Jeff,

Jeff Carr <basilarchia at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble finding accurate git clone and build instructions
> on the wiki. When trying to run autoconf.sh in the xserver tree it
> complained of "error: must install xorg-macros". Is the best way to
> just go through and clone these one by one until the dependencies are
> met? I suspected it's just the beginning of a long chain of hairy
> dependences that might be worthy of emailing the list first.
> 
> Is there a tool like the android "repo" or perhaps a method to pull
> down the various git trees via git submodule? Or just README that
> contains the recommended order of building and installing?

When it comes to X building, this is what people are referred to:

  http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide

I hope it helps!