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Re: [PATCH 2/6] Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Jan 13, 2009, 19:37 UTC
Message-ID
<200901132037.35096.j6t@kdbg.org>
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<1231595452-27698-2-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>
On Samstag, 10. Januar 2009, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
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> @@ -63,9 +63,19 @@ 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;

Please insert the 'if (argv0 && *argv0)' here to simplify the call sites. Or you could introduce this check later in 4/6 because the call site in this patch (main() of git.c) is simpler if it keeps the check.

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> +	const char *slash = argv0 + strlen(argv0);
> +
> +	while (argv0 <= slash && !is_dir_sep(*slash))
> +		slash--;
> +
> +	if (slash >= argv0) {
> +		argv0_path = xstrndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
> +		return slash + 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return argv0;
>  }
-- Hannes
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Message 15 of 16 in “Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime and compute prefix on the fly if RUNTIME_PREFIX set”
  1. 1/6 Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime and compute prefix on the fly if RUNTIME_PREFIX setSteffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  2. 2/6 Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()Steffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  3. 3/6 Glean libexec path from argv[0] for git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack.Steffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  4. 4/6 Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call git_config_*Steffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  5. 5/6 Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATHSteffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  6. 6/6 Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by RUNTIME_PREFIXSteffen Prohaska, Jan 10, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinJan 10, 2009
  8. Steffen ProhaskaJan 10, 2009
  9. Steffen ProhaskaJan 10, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2009
  11. Steffen ProhaskaJan 11, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2009
  13. Steffen ProhaskaJan 11, 2009
  14. Johannes SixtJan 13, 2009
  15. Johannes SixtJan 13, 2009
  16. Johannes SixtJan 13, 2009

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