Back-patch replacement of README.CVS with README.git.

In older branches, also git-ify the "make distdir" rule.

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+(This file does not appear in release tarballs.)
+
+In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, documentation files named
+INSTALL and HISTORY will appear in this directory.  However, these files are
+not stored in git and so will not be present if you are using a git checkout.
+If you are using git, you can view the most recent install instructions at:
+	http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/installation.html
+and the current release notes at:
+	http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release.html
+
+Users compiling from git will also need compatible versions of Bison, Flex,
+and Perl, as discussed in the install documentation.  These programs are not
+needed when using a tarball, since the files they are needed to build are
+already present in the tarball.  (On Windows, however, you need Perl anyway.)