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Re: [PATCH] use only the PATH for exec'ing git commands

From
Scott R Parish <srp@srparish.net>
Date
Oct 22, 2007, 19:59 UTC
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> Alex Reisen, Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:01:
> > +                strbuf_addch(out, ':');
>
> Shouldn't it break MingW32 native port?
>
<snip>
> > +        if (old_path)
> > +                strbuf_addstr(&amp;new_path, old_path);
> > +        else
> > +                strbuf_addstr(&amp;new_path,
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin");
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>
> the default PATH is platform-dependent. Git is multi-platform.
> You should consider putting the path list somewhere in Makefile,
> config.mak or configure.
>

The original code was already doing both of these things (see git.c's prepend_to_path())

sRp
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  1. Scott R ParishOct 22, 2007

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