Index: git/SConstruct
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--- git.orig/SConstruct
+++ git/SConstruct
@@ -884,6 +884,14 @@ env_vars.Add('WINDOWS_OPENSSL_BIN',
     help='Sets the path to the openssl binaries for packaging',
     default='c:/openssl/bin')
 
+env_vars.Add('PREFIX',
+    help='installation prefix')
+
+env_vars.Add('prefix',
+    help='installation prefix')
+
+
+
 # -- Validate user provided options --
 
 # A dummy environment that should *only* have the variables we have set. In practice it has