From: Junio C Hamano <junio@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:48:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] PREFIX environment variable ignored by git config --system
Message-ID: <xmqqsep1gp0f.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbjvpk1wo.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>>
>>> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
>>>
>>> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>>>
>>> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
>>> export PREFIX=/home/randall
>>> git config --system --list
>>>
>>> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
>>> Git should use ${PREFIX}/etc/gitconfig instead of the build location to
>>
>> But that is now how PREFIX works, as far as I remember.  PREFIX is a
>> build-time thing.
>
> Sorry, I misspoke.
>
> I was talking about $(prefix) Makefile macro, that is all lowercase.