Re: [RFC/PATCH 5/5] Makefile: Add a NO_INSTALL_BUILTIN_EXECDIR_ALIASES flag

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On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 6:38 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let's add an option to break this backwards compatibility. Now with
> NO_INSTALL_BUILTIN_EXECDIR_ALIASES=YesPlease there's only 3 programs
> in the bindir that are hardlinked to "git" (receive-pack,
> upload-archive & upload-pack), and 3 in the
> gitexecdir (git-remote-{ftp,ftps,https} linked to git-remote-http).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> @@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ all::
> +# Define NO_INSTALL_BUILTIN_EXECDIR_ALIASES if you'd like to skip
> +# installing legacy such as "git-init" and "git-add" in the
> +# gitexecdir. Unless you're on a system where "which git-init" is
> +# expected to returns something set this. Users have been expected to

s/returns/return/
s/something/&,/

Although, it's not clear what "return something" means. Perhaps rephrase it as:

   ...git-init is expected to exist, set this.

> +# use the likes of "git init" for ages now, these programs were only
> +# provided for legacy compatibility.
> +#



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