building git in a separate directory

building git in a separate directory

[Alexy Khrabrov]

Tried to build git 1.4.4.1 away from the source directory -- said

make configure

-- which made a configure, switched to a separate build/ directory,
invoked that/../configure -- which ran fine, except produced no
Makefile!

What's the way to build git outside from the source directory?

Cheers,
Alexy

Re: building git in a separate directory

[Shawn O. Pearce]

Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tried to build git 1.4.4.1 away from the source directory -- said
> 
> make configure
> 
> -- which made a configure, switched to a separate build/ directory,
> invoked that/../configure -- which ran fine, except produced no
> Makefile!
> 
> What's the way to build git outside from the source directory?

I'm no sure that's supported right now.  Someone tried to submit
patches for it but I don't think they were applied.  The configure
script is really just a way to create a personal config.mak, which is
the "real" way to configure Git prior to compiling it with Makefile.

-- 
Shawn.

Re: building git in a separate directory

[Horst H. von Brand]

Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tried to build git 1.4.4.1 away from the source directory -- said
> 
> make configure

This is just the bare minimum required to use some of the autoconfiscating
machinery, it is far from working. And IIUC, the git hackers won't ever go
that route.

[...]

> What's the way to build git outside from the source directory?

It isn't set up for that currently.
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