From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 18:28:05 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Add prereq to detect OS X
Message-ID: <xmqq612m1oay.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1443981977-64604-3-git-send-email-larsxschneider@gmail.com>

larsxschneider@gmail.com writes:

> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
>
> Some Unix tools differ between Linux and Mac OS X. Add this prereq to
> detect OS X and handle it appropriately.

If my comment on 4/4 turns out to be to the point, then we do not
need this, I presume?  In general, we really should think three
times before adding prerequisite based on the platform.  A prereq
based on a specific feature of the platform is often what we want
instead.