Re: [PATCH] make dist: allow using an installed version of git

2016-09-01 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2016-09-01 at 10:43 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Dennis Kaarsemaker writes: > > > b1de9de2 back in 2005 ensured that we could create a tarball with 'make > > dist' even if git wasn't installed yet. These days however, chances are > > higher that a git version is available. Add a config.m

Re: [PATCH] make dist: allow using an installed version of git

2016-09-01 Thread Junio C Hamano
Dennis Kaarsemaker writes: > b1de9de2 back in 2005 ensured that we could create a tarball with 'make > dist' even if git wasn't installed yet. These days however, chances are > higher that a git version is available. Add a config.mak knob to allow > people to choose to use the installed version o

[PATCH] make dist: allow using an installed version of git

2016-08-27 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
b1de9de2 back in 2005 ensured that we could create a tarball with 'make dist' even if git wasn't installed yet. These days however, chances are higher that a git version is available. Add a config.mak knob to allow people to choose to use the installed version of git to create the tarball and avoid