From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:21:02 GMT
Subject: Re: ./configure script prototype
Message-ID: <7vr79jx9ox.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <4378DF71.3060103@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> If you want to do a "configure" script (and I'm not sure it's worth
>> it),
>
> Perhaps not. I was under the impression that Junio was for it to 
> simplify the possible move of binaries to GIT_EXEC_PATH.

I do not see how that is related to it.

Offtopic, but if you really want to do ${var##} and friends
portably, expr(1) is the tool traditionalists prefer; not echo
piped to sed, please.