Added note in readme about compatibility with mono, also documented fix for GitTools#1099

Author: JakeGinnivan

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Versioning when using git, solved. GitVersion looks at your git history and work
 |NuGet (GitVersion.CommandLine)|[![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/GitVersion.CommandLine.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GitVersion.CommandLine)|[![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/vpre/GitVersion.CommandLine.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GitVersion.CommandLine)|
 |Gem|[![Gem](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/gitversion.svg)](https://rubygems.org/gems/gitversion)|[![Gem](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/gitversion.svg)](https://rubygems.org/gems/gitversion)|
 
+## Compatibility
+GitVersion works on Mac, Linux with Mono and Windows.
+
+Tip: If you get `System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so`
+
+You likely need to install `libcurl3`. Run `sudo get-get install libcurl3`
+
 ## Quick Links
  - [Documentation](http://gitversion.readthedocs.org/en/latest)
  - [Contributing](https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

docs/index.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ GitVersion is a tool to help you achieve *Semantic Versioning* on your project.
 
 This influences many of the decisions GitVersion has made, please read and understand this page as it will help you start using GitVersion effectively!
 
+## Compatibility
+GitVersion works on Mac, Linux with Mono and Windows.
+
+Tip: If you get `System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so`
+
+You likely need to install `libcurl3`. Run `sudo get-get install libcurl3`
+
 ## Assumptions/Rules
 ### Tags override other rules
 If a commit is tagged, then GitVersion will *always* use that version over any calculated versions. This is so if you rebuild a tag then the same version will be produced.

docs/usage/command-line.md

@@ -64,4 +64,7 @@ At the moment only `tag-prefix` option is supported. Read more about [Configurat
 It will not change config file 'GitVersion.yml'.
 
 ### Example: How to override configuration option 'tag-prefix' to use prefix 'custom'
-`GitVersion.exe /output json /overrideconfig tag-prefix=custom`
+`GitVersion.exe /output json /overrideconfig tag-prefix=custom`
+
+## Mono
+To use on mac or linux, install `mono-complete` then just run `mono GitVersion.exe`