add: information about bin_path (#920)

direnv · Apr 11, 2022 · c259d68 · c259d68
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diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
   : "${bin_path:=}"
 
   if [[ -z "$bin_path" ]]; then
-    log "looking for a writeable PATH"
+    log "bin_path is not set, you can set bin_path to specify the installation path"
+    log "e.g. export bin_path=/path/to/installation before installing"
+    log "looking for a writeable path from PATH environment variable"
     for path in $(echo "$PATH" | tr ':' '\n'); do
       if [[ -w $path ]]; then
         bin_path=$path