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Re: building git in a separate directory

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 9, 2007, 03:37 UTC
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<20070109033752.GD1904@spearce.org>
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Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Tried to build git 1.4.4.1 away from the source directory -- said
> 
> make configure
> 
> -- which made a configure, switched to a separate build/ directory,
> invoked that/../configure -- which ran fine, except produced no
> Makefile!
> 
> What's the way to build git outside from the source directory?

I'm no sure that's supported right now. Someone tried to submit patches for it but I don't think they were applied. The configure script is really just a way to create a personal config.mak, which is the "real" way to configure Git prior to compiling it with Makefile.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Alexy KhrabrovJan 9, 2007
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