which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
install" would not work.
+The beginning of the Makefile documents many variables that affect the way
+git is built. You can override them either from the command line, or in a
+config.mak file.
+
Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB
- Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external
- programs and libraries:
+ programs and libraries. Git can be used without most of them by adding
+ the approriate "NO_<LIBRARY>=YesPlease" to the make command line or
+ config.mak file.
- "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it.
- - "openssl". Unless you specify otherwise, you'll get the SHA1
- library from here.
+ - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net.
- If you don't have openssl, you can use one of the SHA1 libraries
- that come with git (git includes the one from Mozilla, and has
- its own PowerPC and ARM optimized ones too - see the Makefile).
+ - A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed
+ for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull").
- - libcurl library; git-http-fetch and git-fetch use them. You
- might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
- If you do not use http transfer, you are probably OK if you
- do not have them.
+ - "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a
+ partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn
+ repositories with "git svn"). If you can live without these, use
+ NO_PERL.
- - expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
- management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional.
+ - "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
+ If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
- - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
- history graphically, and in git-gui.
+ By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use it's own
+ library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
+ BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
+ (PPC_SHA1).
- - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
+ - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch. You
+ might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
+ If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not
+ have to have them (use NO_CURL).
- - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
- the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.
+ - "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
+ management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional
+ (with NO_EXPAT).
+
+ - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
+ history graphically, and in git-gui. If you don't want gitk or
+ git-gui, you can use NO_TCLTK.
- Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
but depending on your specific installation, you may not
Building and installing the info file additionally requires
makeinfo and docbook2X. Version 0.8.3 is known to work.
+ Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
+ dblatex. Version 0.2.7 with asciidoc >= 8.2.7 is known to work.
+
The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.