From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:19:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add strcpy_user_path() and use it in init-db.c and git.c
Message-ID: <20051224211925.GH3963@mail.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vu0cyqk5d.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:
> 
> > My home directories have different names on different machines I'm
> > on, and I want to avoid having to recompile git for each one.
> > I don't have root access to some of them, so installing globally in /usr
> > or /usr/local isn't an option, either.
> 
> Then you probably need to use GIT_EXEC_PATH environment
> variable.

That works with git.c but not init-db.  But then again I don't use
git-init-db that often.  I'll just write a shell script wrapper for the
latter if I do.

No need for this patch anymore :)

-- 
Eric Wong