Add RUNTIME_PREFIX to environment for portable build?

[bmaranville]

Comment:

Would you consider adding the build flag RUNTIME_PREFIX=True, to make the installation of git more portable?

See discussion here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/

Background:
I use conda-pack to move environments around all the time, and I frequently don't have to run conda-unpack because many packages "just work" after decompressing the archive in a new location. It would be nice if git were on this list of easy-to-move packages.

I tried building git this way, and it did seem to be portable (the install folder could be moved around on disk):

make configure
RUNTIME_PREFIX=True ./configure --prefix=$(pwd)/build --with-curl
make
make install

[asmeurer]

That sounds OK to me. That post doesn't mention any disadvantages of doing this.