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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2fa7211055..3eda1e8c68 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ all::
# Define NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS if you plan to distribute the installed
# programs as a tar, where bin/ and libexec/ might be on different file systems.
#
+# Define NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS if you prefer to use either symbolic links or
+# copies to install built-in git commands e.g. git-cat-file.
+#
# Define USE_NED_ALLOCATOR if you want to replace the platforms default
# memory allocators with the nedmalloc allocator written by Niall Douglas.
#
@@ -1835,6 +1838,10 @@ ifdef ASCIIDOC7
export ASCIIDOC7
endif
+ifdef NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS
+ export NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS
+endif
+
### profile feedback build
#
@@ -2574,19 +2581,21 @@ endif
{ test "$$bindir/" = "$$execdir/" || \
for p in git$X $(filter $(install_bindir_programs),$(ALL_PROGRAMS)); do \
$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
- test -z "$(NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS)" && \
+ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)$(NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS)" && \
ln "$$bindir/$$p" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$bindir/$$p" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
done; \
} && \
for p in $(filter $(install_bindir_programs),$(BUILT_INS)); do \
$(RM) "$$bindir/$$p" && \
+ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
ln -s "git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" || exit; \
done && \
for p in $(BUILT_INS); do \
$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
+ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
@@ -2594,6 +2603,7 @@ endif
remote_curl_aliases="$(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES)" && \
for p in $$remote_curl_aliases; do \
$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
+ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
ln "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
ln -s "git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \