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Re: [PATCH] Allow building GIT in a different directory from the source directory

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 12, 2006, 09:03 UTC
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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> writes:
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> GIT can now be built in a separate builddirectory. This is done as
> follows:
>
>   mkdir build
>   cd build
>   $my_git_dir/configure
>   make

Somehow making this depend on the use of configure feels wrong, since we tried to keep that config.mak.gen built by configure strictly optional. In other words, I think the result of your patch should be buildable with or without ./configure in a separate directory if we are going to do this.

Care to explain why it is too cumbersome to handle without ./configure magic?

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  1. Allow building GIT in a different directory from the source directoryHan-Wen Nienhuys, Dec 11, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2006
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 12, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2006
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