From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:29:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed Message-ID: <7v4pg6hq8u.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1193861145-20357-1-git-send-email-mh@glandium.org> "type"? That's probably better than using "which", but sounds quite wrong. Why not add Makefile target that the shell scripts depend on to see if necessary tools are available and let the builder know if they are not?