From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:36:40 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option USE_INPLACE to Makefile Message-ID: <7vpsp19eg7.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > Now, *I* know what I have to put into config.mak, but I would hate the > project if I was new to it, tried to play around with it, and nothing > would work in spite of being compiled with just one warning, thank you. Hmph. That certainly sounds like what I might do. Especially the part "play around before installing", so I am *very* sympathetic. OTOH, I do not particularly want to advertise/encourage in-place use. Once you built today's git ;-), wouldn't you cd somewhere else and use it for your real work? That would mean you have one location on your PATH that you keep the latest git build and I am not sure why being able to run in-place is such a big deal. Is it because $HOME is under a tight quota? > Just a safety measure for the price of two lines. When I check out a new > project, I do "make", play around with it, and then do "make install". If > I had to set "export USE_INPLACE=1", "make install" should barf, because > the compiled programs are not meant to be used anywhere else. OK. That's sensible.