Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix wrong info in `INSTALL`

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 15:21:07 -0700

"Shao-Ce SUN via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]> writes:

> -	$ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself
> -	# make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-html install-info ;# as root
> +	$ make prefix=/usr all doc info ; $ as yourself

This and all the changes in the patch is wrong, but it is not
entirely your fault.  You need to know the shell syntax.

The semicolon in ";#" is an end of one command (i.e. "make"), and
the hash is "start of comment--ignore the rest of the line.

If you replace # with $, then "$ as yourself" would be fed to the
shell because $ is not a comment introducer.  The command line no
longer can be copied and pasted, starting from "make" to the end of
the line.

Thanks.