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@@ -24,23 +24,15 @@ set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead Issues of note: - - git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which - conflicts with a similarly named "GNU interactive tools" program. - - Tough. Either don't use the wrapper script, or delete the old GNU - interactive tools. None of the core git stuff needs the wrapper, - it's just a convenient shorthand and while it is documented in some - places, you can always replace "git commit" with "git-commit" - instead. - - But let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and - even if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does. I don't think it - has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to - graphical file managers. - - NOTE: As of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has been - renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition - option and then it will not conflict with git. + - Ancient versions of GNU Interactive Tools (pre-4.9.2) installed a + program "git", whose name conflicts with this program. But with + version 4.9.2, after long hiatus without active maintenance (since + around 1997), it changed its name to gnuit and the name conflict is no + longer a problem. + + NOTE: When compiled with backward compatiblity option, the GNU + Interactive Tools package still can install "git", but you can build it + with --disable-transition option to avoid this. - You can use git after building but without installing if you wanted to. Various git commands need to find other git |