<rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote: >>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7. When I run > 'make >>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error: >> >>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools) >> >>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo. Is that > correct? Or >>have I missed some basic step in the build process? > > Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build. Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?