Hi Junio, On Mon, 28 Jan 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > >> Two questions that would come to the readers' minds are > >> > >> - Why "it fails to detect the system prefix correctly"? Is that a > >> bug waiting to hurt end users? > > > > I recall explaining that already in a different thread (one that actually > > *was* about the RUNTIME_PREFIX feature, where you asked why we cannot test > > for it in the test suite): to verify that we are in a valid Git > > installation location,... > > ... But that was clarified already to your satisfaction in the RUNTIME_PREFIX > > patches. Or do you want to reopen that case now? > > This is not about me. It is about those who read _this_ commit --- > if the change is justified to them clearly enough, then we'd be > happy. I did not think it is with the proposed log message, and > that is where my comment came from. You know what, I finally start to see your point. Will adjust the commit message accordingly, Dscho