On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:50:31PM +0000, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif <aftnix@xxxxxxxxx> 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). Once you have done that, you can also symlink the binary from each into your regular PATH (e.g., ln -s ~/git/1.8.0/bin/git ~/bin/git.v1.8) to make it easy to switch between them. The installed exec-path is baked in at compile-time, so it finds the correct git sub-programs properly. I keep a couple dozen built versions of git around like this for quick regression testing of bugs we see on the list. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html