From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:05:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Installing git binaries on a non-default directory (Ubuntu)
Message-ID: <xmqq7ftg4l73.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20150410T183218-536@post.gmane.org>

Gianpaolo Macario <gianpaolo_macario@mentor.com> writes:

> By some googling and after reading the git sources and the commit logs I 
> assumed that the `RUNTIME_PREFIX` option
> (see <https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/exec_cmd.c>) was designed for 
> that purpose,

I do not think so.

The standard procedure to stage into a temporary with "make install"
and then make a tarball is done by using DESTDIR, e.g. something
like

  $ make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/gittt ...other args... install
  $ tar zCf /var/tmp/gittt git-version.tar.gz