Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
This patch implements Linus' idea that if you are not interested in
pulling by HTTP, you can now say
NO_CURL=1 make
to compile everything except git-http-pull (thus not needing curl at all).
Thanks. Obviously this does not take care of the use of curl
executable to handle http:// URL in clone and fetch, but I do
not think that is worth the trouble (we should document it
though).
I love it I can just slow down and let others submit obviously
correct patches, which I can just slurp in.