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Issues of note:
- - git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
- conflicts with a similarly named "GNU interactive tools" program.
-
- Let's face it, most of us don't have GNU interactive tools, and even
- if we had it, we wouldn't know what it does. I don't think it has
- been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
- graphical file managers.
-
- In addition, as of gnuit-4.9.2, the GNU interactive tools package has
- been renamed. You can compile gnuit with the --disable-transition
- option and then it will not conflict with git.
+ - Ancient versions of GNU Interactive Tools (pre-4.9.2) installed a
+ program "git", whose name conflicts with this program. But with
+ version 4.9.2, after long hiatus without active maintenance (since
+ around 1997), it changed its name to gnuit and the name conflict is no
+ longer a problem.
+
+ NOTE: When compiled with backward compatiblity option, the GNU
+ Interactive Tools package still can install "git", but you can build it
+ with --disable-transition option to avoid this.
- You can use git after building but without installing if you
wanted to. Various git commands need to find other git