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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f1922d0bf66abdbcad03dfd9981ca5293a4b860..4625b8672bf5b0dcc977737c2c5086c5c1aa54a6 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ else \
        GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE(${PACKAGE}DIR=$withval); \
 fi \
 ])# GIT_PARSE_WITH
+#
+# GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR(WITHNAME, VAR, HELP_TEXT)
+# ---------------------
+# Set VAR to the value specied by --with-WITHNAME.
+# No verification of arguments is performed, but warnings are issued
+# if either 'yes' or 'no' is specified.
+# HELP_TEXT is presented when --help is called.
+# This is a direct way to allow setting variables in the Makefile.
+AC_DEFUN([GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR],
+[AC_ARG_WITH([$1],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-$1=VALUE], $3)],
+ if test -n "$withval"; then \
+  if test "$withval" = "yes" -o "$withval" = "no"; then \
+    AC_MSG_WARN([You likely do not want either 'yes' or 'no' as]
+                    [a value for $1 ($2).  Maybe you do...?]); \
+  fi; \
+  \
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $2 to $withval]); \
+  GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE($2=$withval); \
+ fi)])# GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR
 
 dnl
 dnl GIT_CHECK_FUNC(FUNCTION, IFTRUE, IFFALSE)
@@ -156,19 +176,11 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for site configuration])
 # tests.  These tests take up a significant amount of the total test time
 # but are not needed unless you plan to talk to SVN repos.
 #
-# Define MOZILLA_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
-# a bundled SHA1 routine coming from Mozilla. It is GPL'd and should be fast
-# on non-x86 architectures (e.g. PowerPC), while the OpenSSL version (default
-# choice) has very fast version optimized for i586.
-#
 # Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
 # a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC.
 #
-# Define ARM_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
-# a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for ARM.
-#
 # Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
-# This also implies MOZILLA_SHA1.
+# This also implies BLK_SHA1.
 #
 # Define OPENSSLDIR=/foo/bar if your openssl header and library files are in
 # /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
@@ -234,6 +246,29 @@ GIT_PARSE_WITH(iconv))
 # Define USE_STDEV below if you want git to care about the underlying device
 # change being considered an inode change from the update-index perspective.
 
+#
+# Allow user to set ETC_GITCONFIG variable
+GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR(gitconfig, ETC_GITCONFIG,
+                       Use VALUE instead of /etc/gitconfig as the
+                       global git configuration file.
+                       If VALUE is not fully qualified it will be interpretted
+                       as a path relative to the computed prefix at runtime.)
+
+#
+# Allow user to set the default pager
+GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR(pager, DEFAULT_PAGER,
+                       Use VALUE as the fall-back pager instead of 'less'.
+                       This is used by things like 'git log' when the user
+                       does not specify a pager to use through alternate
+                       methods. eg: /usr/bin/pager)
+#
+# Allow user to set the default editor
+GIT_PARSE_WITH_SET_MAKE_VAR(editor, DEFAULT_EDITOR,
+                       Use VALUE as the fall-back editor instead of 'vi'.
+                       This is used by things like 'git commit' when the user
+                       does not specify a preferred editor through other
+                       methods. eg: /usr/bin/editor)
+
 #
 # Define SHELL_PATH to provide path to shell.
 GIT_ARG_SET_PATH(shell)