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Re: [PATCH 6/7] include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"

From
Scott Parish <srp@srparish.net>
Date
Oct 28, 2007, 14:39 UTC
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<20071028143924.GA11693@srparish.net>
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On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 04:32:12AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Scott R Parish <srp@srparish.net> writes:
> 
> > +	while (1) {
> > +		if ((colon = strchr(path, ':')))
> > +			*colon = 0;
> > +
> > +		len = list_commands_in_dir(&other_cmds, path);
> > +		longest = MAX(longest, len);
> 
> Where do we borrow this MAX() macro?
> 
> On Linux with glibc, /usr/include/sys/param.h which is included
> by git-compat-util.h (meaning, for everybody) is where we find
> it, but that somehow does not sound portable assumption.
Awesome catch
sRp
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Scott Parish
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Message 14 of 25 in “"git" returns 1; "git help" and "git help -a" return 0”
  1. 1/7 "git" returns 1; "git help" and "git help -a" return 0Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  2. 2/7 remove unused/unneeded "pattern" argument of list_commandsScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  3. 3/7 "current_exec_path" is a misleading name, use "argv_exec_path"Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  4. 4/7 list_commands(): simplify code by using chdir()Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  5. 5/7 use only the $PATH for exec'ing git commandsScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  6. 6/7 walk $PATH to generate list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  7. 7/7 shell should call the new setup_path() to setup $PATHScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  9. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  11. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  12. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  14. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  15. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2007
  17. Scott ParishOct 29, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2007
  19. David SymondsOct 29, 2007
  20. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 29, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2007
  22. Scott ParishOct 30, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  24. Adam RobenOct 28, 2007
  25. 5/7 use only the $PATH for exec'ing git commandsScott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007

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