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From: Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: using multiple version of git simultaneously
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:50:31 +0000
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif <aftnix@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i
> append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can
> distinguish between different versions.

Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).