RE: [BUG] PREFIX environment variable ignored by git config --system

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2025, 18:20 UTC
Message-ID: <008501db727a$80b08430$82118c90$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbjvpk1wo.fsf@gitster.g>

On January 29, 2025 11:42 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
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>> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
>>
>> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>>
>> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your
>> issue) export PREFIX=/home/randall git config --system --list
>>
>> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Git should use
>> ${PREFIX}/etc/gitconfig instead of the build location to
>
>But that is now how PREFIX works, as far as I remember.  PREFIX is a

build-time

>thing.
>
>Perhaps you are looking for RUNTIME_PREFIX build-time option?  I do not

know

>how well it is maintained these days, and if it allows you to futz with the

paths at

>runtime (without _moving_ the executable and all other installation

material en

>masse), though.

I did try that at runtime. No luck. I think we need to fix this.