I believe this has come up on the main git mailing list a few times (https://lore.kernel.org/git/) , but I can't remember the details, beyond the feeling that that isn't the way Git does it - rather it's set a few env params, and then 'make' directly.
Maybe mail the git list g...@vger.kernel.org directly (no HTML allowed, at all) On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 11:33:34 PM UTC Tim wrote: > Hello, > > is it possible to build git 'out-of-tree' ? > > while working with a clone of git repo, i am able to perform the following > steps > > * make configure > * NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease ../../../src/git/configure --prefix=/opt/git > > which leads to the generation of 'config.mak.autogen' file. However, there > is no Makefile created. > > The above issue is not seen when executing the commands in the git source > directory. Hence my query. > > Any pointers ? > > Tim. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/4960bacd-0584-4ec2-82b8-c0ad8e6b5d84n%40googlegroups.com.
