From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:51:20 GMT
Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
Message-ID: <036801d9cc9d$fa5c3920$ef14ab60$@nexbridge.com>
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.