Programs from Linux and OSX standalone builds can now be symlinked into a directory in PATH as an alternative installation method, and will use readlink to find where the build was unpacked.

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/standalone/linux/git-annex b/standalone/linux/git-annex
index d9ec8baa5..27df466e4 100755
--- a/standalone/linux/git-annex
+++ b/standalone/linux/git-annex
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-base="$(dirname "$0")"
+link="$(readlink "$0")" || true
+if [ -n "$link" ]; then
+	base="$(dirname "$link")"
+else
+	base="$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$base" ]; then
 	echo "** cannot find base directory (I seem to be $0)" >&2
 	exit 1
diff --git a/standalone/linux/git-annex-shell b/standalone/linux/git-annex-shell
index 44d5f694e..a07895591 100755
--- a/standalone/linux/git-annex-shell
+++ b/standalone/linux/git-annex-shell
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-base="$(dirname "$0")"
+link="$(readlink "$0")" || true
+if [ -n "$link" ]; then
+	base="$(dirname "$link")"
+else
+	base="$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$base" ]; then
 	echo "** cannot find base directory (I seem to be $0)" >&2
 	exit 1
diff --git a/standalone/linux/git-annex-webapp b/standalone/linux/git-annex-webapp
index 2698af9b5..acf2a5135 100755
--- a/standalone/linux/git-annex-webapp
+++ b/standalone/linux/git-annex-webapp
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-base="$(dirname "$0")"
+link="$(readlink "$0")" || true
+if [ -n "$link" ]; then
+	base="$(dirname "$link")"
+else
+	base="$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$base" ]; then
 	echo "** cannot find base directory (I seem to be $0)" >&2
 	exit 1