From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] PREFIX environment variable ignored by git config --system
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:41:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbjvpk1wo.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <007f01db726b$ac911ce0$05b356a0$@nexbridge.com> (rsbecker@nexbridge.com's message of "Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:34:26 -0500")
<rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
>
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> export PREFIX=/home/randall
> git config --system --list
>
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> Git should use ${PREFIX}/etc/gitconfig instead of the build location to
But that is now how PREFIX works, as far as I remember. PREFIX is a
build-time thing.
Perhaps you are looking for RUNTIME_PREFIX build-time option? I do
not know how well it is maintained these days, and if it allows you
to futz with the paths at runtime (without _moving_ the executable
and all other installation material en masse), though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-29 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-29 16:34 [BUG] PREFIX environment variable ignored by git config --system rsbecker
2025-01-29 16:41 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-01-29 17:01 ` rsbecker
2025-01-29 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-29 20:33 ` rsbecker
2025-01-29 23:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-29 23:49 ` rsbecker
2025-01-29 23:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-30 0:07 ` rsbecker
2025-01-30 0:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-30 0:37 ` rsbecker
2025-01-30 19:37 ` Ben Knoble
2025-01-30 21:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-29 18:20 ` rsbecker
2025-01-29 23:48 ` Junio C Hamano
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