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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Only use ETC_GITCONFIG=$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig ifeq ($(prefix),$(HOME))
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:27:47 -0700
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Is this really necessary?

I personally think distro people (or anybody who configures git
for system-wide deployment for that matter) already has Makefile
wrapper (a la debian/rules) to take care of this and other
issues.