Re: SKIP_DASHED_BUILT_INS does not install git-*-pack

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Taylor,

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, Taylor Blau wrote:

> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 95571ee3fc..1b2b085765 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -2991,17 +2991,14 @@ endif
>  			  cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" || exit; }; \
>  		fi \
>  	done && \
> -	for p in $(BUILT_INS); do \
> +	for p in $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL); do \
>  		$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
> -		if test -z "$(SKIP_DASHED_BUILT_INS)"; \
> -		then \
> -			test -n "$(INSTALL_SYMLINKS)" && \
> -			ln -s "$$destdir_from_execdir_SQ/$(bindir_relative_SQ)/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || \
> -			{ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
> -			  ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
> -			  ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
> -			  cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; }; \
> -		fi \
> +		test -n "$(INSTALL_SYMLINKS)" && \
> +		ln -s "$$destdir_from_execdir_SQ/$(bindir_relative_SQ)/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || \
> +		{ test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
> +			ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
> +			ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
> +			cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; }; \

This code talks about `execdir`; I am fairly certain that we do not need
anything specific in `libexec/git-core/`. However, for purposes of
fetching/pushing, the mentioned executables should be present in the
`bin/` directory in dashed form, no matter whether they are built-ins or
not.

In a not-so-distant future, we might even be able to teach Git to call for
the undashed form. But the problem there is that the Git doing the asking
is on the client side, while the Git possibly missing the dashed forms is
on the remote side.

Ciao,
Dscho