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@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded, which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr install" would not work. +The beginning of the Makefile documents many variables that affect the way +git is built. You can override them either from the command line, or in a +config.mak file. + Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead @@ -34,13 +38,17 @@ Issues of note: 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 - commands and scripts to do their work, so you would need to - arrange a few environment variables to tell them that their - friends will be found in your built source area instead of at - their standard installation area. Something like this works - for me: + - You can use git after building but without installing if you want + to test drive it. Simply run git found in bin-wrappers directory + in the build directory, or prepend that directory to your $PATH. + This however is less efficient than running an installed git, as + you always need an extra fork+exec to run any git subcommand. + + It is still possible to use git without installing by setting a few + environment variables, which was the way this was done + traditionally. But using git found in bin-wrappers directory in + the build directory is far simpler. As a historical reference, the + old way went like this: GIT_EXEC_PATH=`pwd` PATH=`pwd`:$PATH @@ -48,32 +56,42 @@ Issues of note: export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB - Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external - programs and libraries: + programs and libraries. Git can be used without most of them by adding + the approriate "NO_<LIBRARY>=YesPlease" to the make command line or + config.mak file. - "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it. - - "openssl". Unless you specify otherwise, you'll get the SHA1 - library from here. + - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net. - If you don't have openssl, you can use one of the SHA1 libraries - that come with git (git includes the one from Mozilla, and has - its own PowerPC and ARM optimized ones too - see the Makefile). + - A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed + for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull"). - - libcurl library; git-http-fetch and git-fetch use them. You - might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. - If you do not use http transfer, you are probably OK if you - do not have them. + - "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a + partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn + repositories with "git svn"). If you can live without these, use + NO_PERL. - - expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock - management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional. + - "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL. + If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL. - - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the - history graphically, and in git-gui. + By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use it's own + library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or + BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC + (PPC_SHA1). + + - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch. You + might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. + If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not + have to have them (use NO_CURL). - - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net + - "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock + management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional + (with NO_EXPAT). - - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of - the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts. + - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the + history graphically, and in git-gui. If you don't want gitk or + git-gui, you can use NO_TCLTK. - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules, but depending on your specific installation, you may not |