Git has a very clever Makefile. Sometimes its a little overly clever.
1) I use stow to manage my /usr/local directory. With many other
programs I am able to build with a prefix of /usr/local and install
with a prefix of /usr/local/stow/$program. Git detects a change in
the build variables and recompiles pretty much everything.
2) If I remove the old copy of git before installing the new, git will
notice this and again start a (smaller) recompile because the GIT-
VERSION-FILE file changes from something detailed like
"1.5.3.5.622.g6fd7a" to "1.5.3.GIT".
Is there a way to tell git to be a bit less clever and just install
the already compiled program? If not, would changing the Makefile to
read something like the following be accepted?
----- 8< -----
install: all install-dumb
install-dumb: # No rebuild!
# Current install process
----- 8< -----
~~ Brian
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