On do, 2016-09-01 at 10:43 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 of git to create the > > tarball and avoid the overhead of building git-archive. > > Thanks, but not interested. Pity. Would save me quite a bit of tarball build time. > We do not know what vintage of "git" happens to be installed on the > platform, but we know how "git archive" we ship with the source > ought to behave. That's why I didn't want to make it the default, but merely make it an available option for saving some build time for people who know their git is up-to-date enough. D.