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Copilot AI commented Feb 21, 2026

Summary

  • Problem: No documentation explaining the "fork is the installation" model — how .GITOPENCLAW differs from .GITCLAW's npm dependency approach
  • Why it matters: Users need to understand that forking the OpenClaw source repo IS the installation — no npm install openclaw step, always up to date via git fetch upstream
  • What changed: New doc at .GITOPENCLAW/docs/GITOPENCLAW-How-to-be-like-GITCLAW.md; updated docs/README.md with link
  • What did NOT change: No code, config, lifecycle scripts, or workflows modified

Change Type (select all)

  • Bug fix
  • Feature
  • Refactor
  • Docs
  • Security hardening
  • Chore/infra

Scope (select all touched areas)

  • Gateway / orchestration
  • Skills / tool execution
  • Auth / tokens
  • Memory / storage
  • Integrations
  • API / contracts
  • UI / DX
  • CI/CD / infra

Linked Issue/PR

User-visible / Behavior Changes

None

Security Impact (required)

  • New permissions/capabilities? No
  • Secrets/tokens handling changed? No
  • New/changed network calls? No
  • Command/tool execution surface changed? No
  • Data access scope changed? No

Repro + Verification

Environment

  • Docs-only change, no runtime environment needed

Steps

  1. Read .GITOPENCLAW/docs/GITOPENCLAW-How-to-be-like-GITCLAW.md
  2. Verify links in .GITOPENCLAW/docs/README.md

Expected

  • Document renders correctly, all relative links resolve

Actual

  • As expected

Evidence

  • Screenshot/recording — N/A, markdown docs only

Human Verification (required)

  • Verified scenarios: Document structure, internal links, consistency with existing .GITOPENCLAW and .GITCLAW docs
  • Edge cases checked: Link paths verified against actual repo structure
  • What you did not verify: Rendering on GitHub (will be visible once merged)

Compatibility / Migration

  • Backward compatible? Yes
  • Config/env changes? No
  • Migration needed? No

Failure Recovery (if this breaks)

  • How to disable/revert this change quickly: Revert commit — docs only
  • Files/config to restore: .GITOPENCLAW/docs/README.md (one line removed)
  • Known bad symptoms reviewers should watch for: Broken relative links

Risks and Mitigations

None


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Co-authored-by: japertechnology <51429990+japertechnology@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update GITOPENCLAW documentation for running without installation docs: add GITOPENCLAW-How-to-be-like-GITCLAW.md Feb 21, 2026
@japertechnology japertechnology marked this pull request as ready for review February 21, 2026 06:14
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