Re: git --version

"Paolo Ciarrocchi" [off-list ref] writes:

paolo@Italia:~$ cd git/
paolo@Italia:~/git$ git --version
git version 1.3.GIT
paolo@Italia:~/git$ make >/dev/null
paolo@Italia:~/git$ sudo make install >/dev/null
Password:
GIT_VERSION = 1.3.GIT

Unfortunate is we cannot see what this "sudo" did -- does it
successfully run (installed) git to check the "full" version and
manage to store it in ./GIT-VERSION-FILE?