Hello, I tried to install git on a filesystem that does not support hard links (specifically, on a Linux bind mount). Despite installing with `make NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1 install', the installation process tries to create hard links, and the installation fails (a quick workaround is `sed -i git-gui/Makefile -e "s/ln /ln -s /g"'). Here's the bugreport: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) ./configure --prefix=/filesystem_without_hardlink_support make make NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1 install What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Successful installation. What happened instead? (Actual behavior) Installation fails with error ln: failed to create hard link ‘/filesystem_without_hardlink_support/libexec/git-core/git-citool’ => ‘/filesystem_without_hardlink_support/libexec/git-core/git-gui’: Operation not permitted What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? The makefile `git-gui/Makefile' tries to create hard links. This is not expected when running `make NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1 install' Anything else you want to add: Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.27.0 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 uname: Linux 3.10.0-957.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 15:06:45 UTC 2019 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 4.8 libc info: glibc: 2.17 [Enabled Hooks] not run from a git repository - no hooks to show ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thanks for checking this! Best, /alex
