HOW TO INSTALL git-subtree ========================== First, build from the top source directory. Then, in contrib/subtree, run: make make install make install-doc If you used configure to do the main build the git-subtree build will pick up those settings. If not, you will likely have to provide a value for prefix: make prefix=<some dir> make prefix=<some dir> install make prefix=<some dir> install-doc To run tests first copy git-subtree to the main build area so the newly-built git can find it: cp git-subtree ../.. Then: make test