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[PATCH 2/7] system_path(): Add prefix computation at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX set

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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Aug 17, 2008, 12:44 UTC
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This commit modifies system_path() to compute the prefix at runtime if explicitly requested to do so. If RUNTIME_PREFIX is defined, system_path() tries to strip known directories that executables can be located in from the path of the executable. If the path is successfully stripped it is used as the prefix.

We print errors if the runtime prefix computation fails. The user needs to know that the global configuration are not picked up, because this can cause unexpected behavior. If a user explicitly wants to ignore system wide paths, he can set GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM, as our tests do.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
 Makefile   |    3 +++
 exec_cmd.c |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9df5a9d..8341558 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -982,6 +982,9 @@ ifdef INTERNAL_QSORT
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DINTERNAL_QSORT
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/qsort.o
 endif
+ifdef RUNTIME_PREFIX
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DRUNTIME_PREFIX
+endif
 
 ifdef THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DTHREADED_DELTA_SEARCH
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index ce6741e..1622481 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -9,11 +9,51 @@ static const char *argv0_path;
 
 const char *system_path(const char *path)
 {
-	if (!is_absolute_path(path) && argv0_path) {
-		struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
-		strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", argv0_path, path);
-		path = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
+#ifdef RUNTIME_PREFIX
+	static const char *prefix;
+
+	if (!argv0_path) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "RUNTIME_PREFIX requested for path '%s', "
+				"but argv0_path not set.\n", path);
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	if (!prefix) {
+		const char *strip[] = {
+			GIT_EXEC_PATH,
+			BINDIR,
+			0
+		};
+		const char **s;
+
+		for (s = strip; *s; s++) {
+			const char *sargv = argv0_path + strlen(argv0_path);
+			const char *ss = *s + strlen(*s);
+			while (argv0_path < sargv && *s < ss
+				&& (*sargv == *ss ||
+				    (is_dir_sep(*sargv) && is_dir_sep(*ss)))) {
+				sargv--;
+				ss--;
+			}
+			if (*s == ss) {
+				struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
+				strbuf_add(&d, argv0_path, sargv - argv0_path);
+				prefix = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 	}
+
+	if (!prefix) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "RUNTIME_PREFIX requested for path '%s', "
+				"but prefix computation failed.\n", path);
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", prefix, path);
+	path = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
+#endif
 	return path;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.0.rc3.22.g053fd
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  2. 1/7 Windows: Add workaround for MSYS' path conversionSteffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  3. 2/7 system_path(): Add prefix computation at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX setSteffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  4. 3/7 Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()Steffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  5. 4/7 Glean libexec path from argv[0] for git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack.Steffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  6. 5/7 Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call git_config_*Steffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  7. 6/7 Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATHSteffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  8. 7/7 Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by RUNTIME_PREFIXSteffen Prohaska, Aug 17, 2008
  9. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2008
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  11. Steffen ProhaskaAug 18, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2008
  13. Steffen ProhaskaSep 21, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinSep 9, 2008

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