Re: git vs git

On 1/31/06, Hendrik Visage [off-list ref] wrote:

git isn't
working because the wrong git is in the right place :(

Well, I just hit this yesterday on a colleage's machine who was trying
to get going with git.His first try was to `apt-get install git` and
as that didn't lead anywhere he fetched the git (scm) sources and
built them.

Apparently GNU GIT's git binary was earlier in the path than GIT SCM's
and so stuff broke very creatively. As soon as I did `git --version` I
understood what was happening and a swift `apt-get remove git` fixed
it. But it can sure mess the day for any user trying to install git
naively.

Not sure how to deal with this. Packages already record (or can
record) it as a conflict, but source built stuff is different. Perhaps
during `make install` we should try and exec git --version towards the
end and print a big fat warning?

cheers,


m