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Re: [PATCH] config --get --path: check for unset $HOME

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 26, 2010, 17:08 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Should we maybe fall back on checking pw_dir in getpwuid() if $HOME isn't set?

Maybe. Why? On Unix I suspect it is such a rare case as to not justify complicating the rules, but I do not know if it would help on other platforms.

Jonathan
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