Re: [PATCH 4/9] remove git wrapper dependency

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Nov 24, 2005, 08:50 UTC
Message-ID: <20051124085020.GK4789@mail.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <7voe4awii5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> 
> > Eric Wong wrote:
> >> use git-diff-files instead of git diff-files so we don't rely on the
> >> wrapper being installed (some people may have git as GNU interactive
> >> tools :)
> >>
> >
> > This one should do
> > 	git --exec-path
> >
> > first to get the proper path to git-diff-files. Fall back to it being in 
> > the path if finding out fails.
> 
> Eric is worried about the case where git on your PATH is GNU
> interactive tools, so "git --exec-path" would not give you what
> you want ;-).

Right on. I'm actually not a GNU interactive tools user, but I do have empathy for them being a cg (cgvg) user myself for many, many years.

-- 
Eric Wong