Re: [PATCH] Extend runtime prefix computation

From: Michael Weiser <m.weiser@science-computing.de>
Date: Mar 6, 2013, 08:19 UTC
Message-ID: <20130306081942.GA11151@science-computing.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vd2vdvn7l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hello Junio,

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 08:13:50AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> >> Support determining the binaries' installation path at runtime even if
> >> called without any path components (i.e. via search path).

> The default for any change is not to include it.  Is there any
> reason why we want this change?

It makes a binary git installation fully relocatable. Seeing how git already has basic support for it I thought other people might be interested in this.

Thanks,

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