Allow the built-in exec path to be relative to the command invocation path

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0add9d8ec5215b378480e88ae35af82dd8a8dc8..fceca9218416826e09be3106c37df19ce5a7fcf2 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 STRIP ?= strip
 
+# Among the variables below, these:
+#   gitexecdir
+#   template_dir
+#   htmldir
+#   ETC_GITCONFIG (but not sysconfdir)
+# can be specified as a relative path ../some/where/else (which must begin
+# with ../); this is interpreted as relative to $(bindir) and "git" at
+# runtime figures out where they are based on the path to the executable.
+# This can help installing the suite in a relocatable way.
+
 prefix = $(HOME)
 bindir = $(prefix)/bin
 mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
@@ -205,7 +215,7 @@ GITWEB_FAVICON = git-favicon.png
 GITWEB_SITE_HEADER =
 GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER =
 
-export prefix bindir gitexecdir sharedir htmldir sysconfdir
+export prefix bindir sharedir htmldir sysconfdir
 
 CC = gcc
 AR = ar
@@ -1315,35 +1325,44 @@ remove-dashes:
 ### Installation rules
 
 ifeq ($(firstword $(subst /, ,$(template_dir))),..)
-template_instdir = $(gitexecdir)/$(template_dir)
+template_instdir = $(bindir)/$(template_dir)
 else
 template_instdir = $(template_dir)
 endif
 export template_instdir
 
+ifeq ($(firstword $(subst /, ,$(gitexecdir))),..)
+gitexec_instdir = $(bindir)/$(gitexecdir)
+else
+gitexec_instdir = $(gitexecdir)
+endif
+gitexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitexec_instdir))
+export gitexec_instdir
+
 install: all
        $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
-       $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)'
-       $(INSTALL) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)'
+       $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+       $(INSTALL) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
        $(INSTALL) git$X git-upload-pack$X git-receive-pack$X git-upload-archive$X '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
        $(MAKE) -C templates DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
        $(MAKE) -C perl prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
        $(MAKE) -C gitk-git install
-       $(MAKE) -C git-gui install
+       $(MAKE) -C git-gui gitexecdir='$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' install
 endif
-       if test 'z$(bindir_SQ)' != 'z$(gitexecdir_SQ)'; \
-       then \
-               ln -f '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/git$X' \
-                       '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/git$X' || \
-               cp '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/git$X' \
-                       '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/git$X'; \
-       fi
-       $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/$p' && ln '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/git$X' '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/$p' ;)
 ifneq (,$X)
-       $(foreach p,$(patsubst %$X,%,$(filter %$X,$(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X)), $(RM) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)/$p';)
+       $(foreach p,$(patsubst %$X,%,$(filter %$X,$(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X)), $(RM) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)/$p';)
 endif
-       ./check_bindir 'z$(bindir_SQ)' 'z$(gitexecdir_SQ)' '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/git-shell$X'
+       bindir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
+       execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
+       if test "z$$bindir" != "z$$execdir"; \
+       then \
+               ln -f "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" || \
+               cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X"; \
+       fi && \
+       { $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) "$$execdir/$p" && ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$p" ;) } && \
+       $(RM) "$$execdir/git$X" && \
+       ./check_bindir "z$$bindir" "z$$execdir" "$$bindir/git-shell$X"
 
 install-doc:
        $(MAKE) -C Documentation install