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[PATCH 3/7] Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Aug 17, 2008, 12:44 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Steve Haslam <shaslam@lastminute.com>

This commit moves the code that computes the dirname of argv[0] from git.c's main() to git_set_argv0_path() and renames the function to git_extract_argv0_path(). This makes the code in git.c's main less cluttered, and we can use the direname computation from other main() functions too.

[spr: split Steve's original commit and wrote new commit message. ]
Signed-off-by: Steve Haslam <shaslam@lastminute.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
 exec_cmd.c |   15 +++++++++++++--
 exec_cmd.h |    2 +-
 git.c      |   20 +++++---------------
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 1622481..d84e9e9 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -57,9 +57,20 @@ const char *system_path(const char *path)
 	return path;
 }
 
-void git_set_argv0_path(const char *path)
+const char *git_extract_argv0_path(const char *argv0)
 {
-	argv0_path = path;
+	const char *slash = argv0 + strlen(argv0);
+
+	do
+		--slash;
+	while (slash >= argv0 && !is_dir_sep(*slash));
+
+	if (slash >= argv0) {
+		argv0_path = xstrndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
+		return slash + 1;
+	}
+
+	return argv0;
 }
 
 void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
diff --git a/exec_cmd.h b/exec_cmd.h
index 594f961..392e903 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.h
+++ b/exec_cmd.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define GIT_EXEC_CMD_H
 
 extern void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path);
-extern void git_set_argv0_path(const char *path);
+extern const char* git_extract_argv0_path(const char *path);
 extern const char* git_exec_path(void);
 extern void setup_path(void);
 extern const char **prepare_git_cmd(const char **argv);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 37b1d76..b1eff4a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -416,23 +416,13 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	const char *cmd = argv[0] && *argv[0] ? argv[0] : "git-help";
-	char *slash = (char *)cmd + strlen(cmd);
+	const char *cmd;
 	int done_alias = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Take the basename of argv[0] as the command
-	 * name, and the dirname as the default exec_path
-	 * if we don't have anything better.
-	 */
-	do
-		--slash;
-	while (cmd <= slash && !is_dir_sep(*slash));
-	if (cmd <= slash) {
-		*slash++ = 0;
-		git_set_argv0_path(cmd);
-		cmd = slash;
-	}
+	if (argv[0] && *argv[0])
+		cmd = git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+	else
+		cmd = "git-help";
 
 	/*
 	 * "git-xxxx" is the same as "git xxxx", but we obviously:
-- 
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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
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