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[Feature request] make git buildable from a separate directory

From
Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2013, 20:52 UTC
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Hi.

Many C projects I have seen (based on autoconf, but not always - like Nginx) allow the project to be build in a separate directory, in order to avoid to pollute the working directory with compiled files.

Unfortunately this seems to not be possible with Git. The Makefile seems quite complex to me, so I'm not sure to be able to change it to do what I want, without breaking it.

Thanks  Manlio
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  1. Manlio PerilloJan 5, 2013
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