compile help, please

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

I had a working copy of the git repository for testing things a few  
months ago.  I just went to test the new size column fixes, and I have  
apparently completely messed up my copy.  I started from scratch (git  
clone and pull) but still can't get it compiled.  The instructions on  
the web site start with checking out the git source, and then mention  
cvs in the compile instructions, so I'm not sure if they are right or  
not.  (they mention autogen, not autogen.sh)

./autogen.sh complains about missing .m4 files, and any attempt at  
.configure ends with a complaint about not finding libnm_glib.\

Is there a recent set of instructions on compiling the source from git  
available?

Thanks for any pointers.

Jack