This file is indexed.

postinst is in git 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

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#!/bin/sh
set -e
test "$1" = configure || exit 0

# Snippet based on dpkg-maintscript-helper from dpkg 1.15.8.  Using a
# home-grown snippet instead of using Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7)
# makes the package easier to try out on old systems without requiring
# new dpkg in these early times.
#
# Kind reader of the future: it's about time to rip this out and use a
# call to dpkg-maintscript-helper, don't you think?
rm_conffile () {
  CONFFILE=$1; shift
  if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "$3"; then
    if test -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup"; then
      mv -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-backup" "$CONFFILE.dpkg-bak"
    fi
    if test -e "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove"; then
      echo "Removing $CONFFILE ..."
      rm -f "$CONFFILE.dpkg-remove"
    fi
  fi
}

rm_conffile /etc/bash_completion.d/git "$1" "$2" '1:1.8.0-1~'

removed_conffile=/etc/emacs/site-start.d/50git-core.el
rm_conffile "$removed_conffile" "$1" "$2" '1:1.7.4.1-2~'

# Carry over modifications so git-el can use them.
if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt '1:1.7.4.1-2~' &&
   ! test -e "$removed_conffile" &&
   test -r "$removed_conffile".dpkg-bak; then
  mv "$removed_conffile".dpkg-bak "$removed_conffile"
fi

# 1.7.7-1 replaces /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/hooks with a symlink,
# but dpkg doesn't do so on package upgrade
if test -n "$2" && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt '1:1.7.7-1' &&
   test ! -L /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/hooks &&
   test -d /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/hooks; then
  rmdir /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/hooks &&
  ln -s ../../../git-core/contrib/hooks \
    /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/hooks
fi