4 messages, 3 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
From: arif <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:19
Hi, I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can distinguish between different versions. -- Cheers arif
From: Tomas Carnecky <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:19
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif [off-list ref] wrote:
I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can distinguish between different versions.
Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).
From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:19
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:50:31PM +0000, Tomas Carnecky wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
I'm trying to use different version of git simultaneously. So how can i append some suffix (like "--program-suffix=git1.8) so that i can distinguish between different versions.Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).
Once you have done that, you can also symlink the binary from each into your regular PATH (e.g., ln -s ~/git/1.8.0/bin/git ~/bin/git.v1.8) to make it easy to switch between them. The installed exec-path is baked in at compile-time, so it finds the correct git sub-programs properly. I keep a couple dozen built versions of git around like this for quick regression testing of bugs we see on the list. -Peff
From: arif <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:22
On 11/17/2012 10:16 PM, Jeff King wrote:
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:50:31PM +0000, Tomas Carnecky wrote:quoted
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0600, arif [off-list ref] wrote:
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Install each version into its own prefix (~/git/1.8.0/, ~/git/1.7.0/ etc).Once you have done that, you can also symlink the binary from each into your regular PATH (e.g., ln -s ~/git/1.8.0/bin/git ~/bin/git.v1.8) to make it easy to switch between them. The installed exec-path is baked in at compile-time, so it finds the correct git sub-programs properly. I keep a couple dozen built versions of git around like this for quick regression testing of bugs we see on the list. -Peff
So what you are saying that, making a symlink for "git" is sufficient. I don't need to make symlinks for ever git subbinaries. Is that correct? -- Cheers arif