Add NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS support to the Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0675c43e73813800d616c3971a450157da707269..2b8ce48c0c720125f68f8f770181ec312f2095e5 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ all::
 # Define NO_EXTERNAL_GREP if you don't want "git grep" to ever call
 # your external grep (e.g., if your system lacks grep, if its grep is
 # broken, or spawning external process is slower than built-in grep git has).
+#
+# Define NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS if you plan to distribute the installed
+# programs as a tar, where bin/ and libexec/ might be on different file systems.
 
 GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE
        @$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1468,6 +1471,7 @@ endif
        bindir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
        execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
        { $(RM) "$$execdir/git-add$X" && \
+               test -z "$(NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS)" && \
                ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git-add$X" 2>/dev/null || \
                cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git-add$X"; } && \
        { for p in $(filter-out git-add$X,$(BUILT_INS)); do \