# Patch: Enable static builds

1 messages from 2026-02-09 to 2026-02-09. Participants: Czuczy, Gergely.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64956

## Czuczy, Gergely, 2026-02-09 12:25

Subject: Patch: Enable static builds
Message-ID: <DB4PR02MB853530284728178B3731BA419265A@DB4PR02MB8535.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/DB4PR02MB853530284728178B3731BA419265A%40DB4PR02MB8535.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com

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Hello,

We are building git statically in a container, however this require a tiny adjustment, and I would like to submit our patch, allowing others to painlessly do the same. The attached patch applies clean to master and v.2.53.0.

Changes included:

  *   Makefile: Add the STATIC_CURL_LIBS to targets where needed
  *   Shared.mak: Define STATIC_CURL_LIBS empty by default
  *   git-compat-util.h, usage.c: The symbol "error" is conflicting, so it is renamed in order to resolve this conflict.

Best regards,
Gergely



diff --git i/Makefile w/Makefile
index 8aa489f3b6..3db62216da 100644
--- i/Makefile
+++ w/Makefile
@@ -2981,14 +2981,14 @@ git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 
 git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS) GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+		$(IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_CURL_LIBS)
 
 git-http-fetch$X: http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(LIBS)
+		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_CURL_LIBS)
 git-http-push$X: http.o http-push.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT) $(LIBS)
+		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_CURL_LIBS)
 
 $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES): $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY)
 	$(QUIET_LNCP)$(RM) $@ && \
@@ -2998,7 +2998,7 @@ $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES): $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY)
 
 $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY): remote-curl.o http.o http-walker.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT) $(LIBS)
+		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_CURL_LIBS)
 
 scalar$X: scalar.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) \
diff --git i/git-compat-util.h w/git-compat-util.h
index bebcf9f698..d8ee12a4f8 100644
--- i/git-compat-util.h
+++ w/git-compat-util.h
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ NORETURN void die(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 NORETURN void die_errno(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 int die_message(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 int die_message_errno(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-int error(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+int git_error(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 int error_errno(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 void warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 void warning_errno(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static inline int const_error(void)
 {
 	return -1;
 }
-#define error(...) (error(__VA_ARGS__), const_error())
+#define error(...) (git_error(__VA_ARGS__), const_error())
 #define error_errno(...) (error_errno(__VA_ARGS__), const_error())
 #endif
 
diff --git i/shared.mak w/shared.mak
index 0e7492076e..2794e51a4c 100644
--- i/shared.mak
+++ w/shared.mak
@@ -130,3 +130,5 @@ GIT_USER_AGENT="$(GIT_USER_AGENT)" \
 GIT_VERSION="$(GIT_VERSION_OVERRIDE)" \
 $(SHELL_PATH) "$(1)/GIT-VERSION-GEN" "$(1)" "$(2)" "$(3)"
 endef
+
+STATIC_CURL_LIBS?=
diff --git i/usage.c w/usage.c
index 527edb1e79..472f764e6c 100644
--- i/usage.c
+++ w/usage.c
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ int error_errno(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-#undef error
-int error(const char *err, ...)
+int git_error(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
 

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