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RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code

From
rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date
Aug 11, 2023, 21:51 UTC
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In-Reply-To
<xmqqr0o9p7vj.fsf@gitster.g>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:49 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
>Cc: 'Mun Johl' <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; git@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source
code
>
><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
>> Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local all
doc' ?
>
>A tarball release ships with configure (built out of configure.in)
included, so that
>should not be necessary.

Thanks. I don't usually build from a tarball. However, the OP did not indicate that configure was run either.

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