Re: [PATCH 02/10] cmake: do find Git for Windows' shell interpreter
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Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
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- Sep 29, 2020, 14:04 UTC
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- <20200929140400.GE20935@danh.dev>
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On 2020-09-28 15:56:13+0200, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hi Danh, > > On Sun, 27 Sep 2020, Đoàn Trần Công Danh wrote: > > > On 2020-09-26 22:32:25+0200, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > > > I personally don't install my dev tools(except Visual Studio) to > > > > Program Files(because of the _space_), it messes up the Makefiles. > > > > > > Sure, and that's your prerogative. There's unfortunately no good way to > > > support your use case. > > > > > > Luckily, the vast majority of Git for Windows' users do not change the > > > default location, and this patch is for them. (And "them" in this case > > > includes me, personally ;-)) > > > > This doesn't fit into my view of Git for Windows' users > > For some users that have the Administrator right, it's the default > > location if they grant the Administrator right for the installer. > > > > For those poor souls that works for enterprise companies, and thoses > > that not feel comfortable give Administrator right to _another_ > > installer, the installer will install into (hopeful, I type it right): > > > > %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/Programs/Git > > Those poor souls that work for enterprise companies often have Git for > Windows installed by default. And of course, that default would be in > `C:\Program Files\Git`.
Yes, that's correct, but that Git is usually very old, and I'm not sure about its layout. Obviously, you know better in this regard :-p
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> > > I think it's better to offer SH_EXE as an OPTION, let user specify it > > as will. And we'll search in PATH if it's not specified, fallback to > > 2 default value if not found. > > That's exactly as it is right now. You can specify `SH_EXE` (but only if > running CMake manually, not via Visual Studio). If you don't, it searches > `PATH`, and with my patch it then falls back to trying to find `sh.exe` in > Git for Windows' default location. > > So I think we're in agreement here?
Yes, seems good.
-- Danh