Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> The recommended way to build Git is without autoconf and configure. > > That is news to me. > > My understanding still is that `make` is the recommended way to build Git, > and `./configure` is only for those who want to use autoconf. > > It seems that the `INSTALL` file agrees with my understanding: Did you misread the sentence you quoted? It says "without", not "with", so I think you two are on the same page.