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.

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

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

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