From: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:33:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Allow update hooks to update refs on their own.
Message-ID: <21AA9521-0FED-471F-AFBC-B5CEF4B4A5E9@midwinter.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712040224080.27959@racer.site>

On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I am somewhat wary of using environment variables in that context,  
> since
> the variables could leak to subprocesses, or (even worse), they  
> could be
> set inadvertently by the user or other scripts.

Agreed on the inadvertent setting, but isn't leaking to subprocesses  
the whole point of the exercise here?

-Steve