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[PATCH] Only use ETC_GITCONFIG=$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig ifeq ($(prefix),$(HOME))

From
Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
Date
Apr 24, 2007, 02:11 UTC
Message-ID
<462D673A.1010805@freedesktop.org>

ETC_GITCONFIG defaults to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig, so if you just set prefix=/usr or prefix=/usr/local, you end up with a git that looks in /usr/etc/gitconfig or /usr/local/etc/gitconfig. That seems rather suboptimal.

Use ifeq in the Makefile to set ETC_GITCONFIG=/etc/gitconfig unless the prefix points to $HOME .

The builder can always override ETC_GITCONFIG, so this just makes the default saner.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
---
 Makefile |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 65bd2db..6e1ae95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ prefix = $(HOME)
 bindir = $(prefix)/bin
 gitexecdir = $(bindir)
 template_dir = $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates/
-ETC_GITCONFIG = $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
+ifeq ($(prefix),$(HOME))
+ETC_GITCONFIG = $(HOME)/etc/gitconfig
+else
+ETC_GITCONFIG = /etc/gitconfig
+endif
 # DESTDIR=
 
 # default configuration for gitweb
-- 
1.5.1.1
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  1. Only use ETC_GITCONFIG=$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig ifeq ($(prefix),$(HOME))Josh Triplett, Apr 24, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2007
  3. Josh TriplettApr 24, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2007
  5. Josh TriplettApr 24, 2007
  6. Create a sysconfdir variable, and use it for ETC_GITCONFIGJosh Triplett, Apr 24, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2007
  10. Sergio CallegariApr 24, 2007
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