From: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 19:43:03 GMT
Subject: Re: git --version
Message-ID: <4d8e3fd30605311243q5a93a7a9l827c55827817602f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605311233030.24646@g5.osdl.org>

On 5/31/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 May 2006, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> > >
> > >         git describe
> >
> > paolo@Italia:~/git$ git describe
> > v1.3.3-g2186d56
>
> Ok.
>
> > >         ./git --version
> >
> > paolo@Italia:~/git$ ./git --version
> > git version 1.3.3.g2186
> >
> > Doh..
>
> Ok, that's also good.
>
> > >         which git
> >
> > paolo@Italia:~/git$ which git
> > /home/paolo/bin/git
>
> I think I know what's up.
>
> Your "sudo" made "$HOME" be /root. So by doing "sudo make install", you
> installed the git in _roots_ ~/bin, ie /root/bin/.
>

Doh... not sure to follow you, just did:
sudo make install
paolo@Italia:~/git$ ls /root/
paolo@Italia:~/git$ git --version
git version 1.3.GIT



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Paolo
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