Re: [PATCH] make dist: allow using an installed version of git

From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date: Sep 1, 2016, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID: <1472762079.4680.44.camel@kaarsemaker.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4m5zy0qd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On do, 2016-09-01 at 10:43 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> writes:
> 
> > b1de9de2 back in 2005 ensured that we could create a tarball with 'make
> > dist' even if git wasn't installed yet. These days however, chances are
> > higher that a git version is available. Add a config.mak knob to allow
> > people to choose to use the installed version of git to create the
> > tarball and avoid the overhead of building git-archive.
> 
> Thanks, but not interested.

Pity. Would save me quite a bit of tarball build time.

> We do not know what vintage of "git" happens to be installed on the
> platform, but we know how "git archive" we ship with the source
> ought to behave.

That's why I didn't want to make it the default, but merely make it an available option for saving some build time for people who know their git is up-to-date enough.

D.