From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:45:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Install git-sh-setup.sh into $(prefix)/share/git-core. Call with explicit path. Message-ID: <7v3b7qi0b4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20061208193718.GA11906@soma> Eric Wong writes: > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: >> >> git-sh-setup isn't a 'normal' binary, in that it should be called by >> bash only and not run in a subshell. Therefore, it should not be installed >> in a executable directory, but rather in $prefix/share/git-core/ > > This seems to break existing hooks, or at least old repositories can > be stuck using an old version of git-sh-setup in those hooks. Honestly speaking, I do not think this patch is worth it. People who care deeply enough should just use gitexecdir that is separate from bindir.