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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-07-02 23:54:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-07-03 01:09:03 -0700 |
| commit | 3c767a08243244b18d48315f8433ba07e435f654 (patch) | |
| tree | e17b0f01bde0a78af98753a249e694acba81d6be /INSTALL | |
| parent | d3140f5c2a6b42361bca960f627b00264d5c7372 (diff) | |
| download | git-3c767a08243244b18d48315f8433ba07e435f654.tar.gz git-3c767a08243244b18d48315f8433ba07e435f654.tar.xz | |
INSTALL: a tip for running after building but without installing.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ Issues of note: has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to graphical file managers. + - 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: + + GIT_EXEC_PATH=`pwd` + PATH=`pwd`:$PATH + PERL5LIB=`pwd`/perl/blib/lib:`pwd`/perl/blib/arch/auto/Git + export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH PERL5LIB + - Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external programs and libraries: |