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using multiple version of git simultaneously

Subject: using multiple version of git simultaneously

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4 messages between Nov 17, 2012 and Nov 18, 2012.

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arif· Nov 17, 2012, 14:25 UTC · lore

Hi,

I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can distinguish between different versions.

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arif

Tomas Carnecky· Nov 17, 2012, 14:50 UTC · re: arif · lore

Re: using multiple version of git simultaneously

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif <aftnix@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i
> append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can
> distinguish between different versions.

Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).

Jeff King· Nov 17, 2012, 16:16 UTC · re: Tomas Carnecky · lore

Re: using multiple version of git simultaneously

On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:50:31PM +0000, Tomas Carnecky wrote:

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> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif <aftnix@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i
> > append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can
> > distinguish between different versions.
> 
> Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).

Once you have done that, you can also symlink the binary from each into your regular PATH (e.g., ln -s ~/git/1.8.0/bin/git ~/bin/git.v1.8) to make it easy to switch between them. The installed exec-path is baked in at compile-time, so it finds the correct git sub-programs properly.

I keep a couple dozen built versions of git around like this for quick regression testing of bugs we see on the list.

-Peff

arif· Nov 18, 2012, 11:04 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: using multiple version of git simultaneously

On 11/17/2012 10:16 PM, Jeff King wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:50:31PM +0000, Tomas Carnecky wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif <aftnix@gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).
> 
> Once you have done that, you can also symlink the binary from each into
> your regular PATH (e.g., ln -s ~/git/1.8.0/bin/git ~/bin/git.v1.8) to
> make it easy to switch between them. The installed exec-path is baked in
> at compile-time, so it finds the correct git sub-programs properly.
> 
> I keep a couple dozen built versions of git around like this for quick
> regression testing of bugs we see on the list.
> 
> -Peff
>

So what you are saying that, making a symlink for "git" is sufficient. I don't need to make symlinks for ever git subbinaries.

Is that correct?

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arif