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Re: Re: [PATCH] Add a Windows-specific fallback to getenv("HOME");

From
Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 4, 2014, 14:55 UTC
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Am 04.06.2014 16:05, schrieb Erik Faye-Lund:
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> wrote:
>>> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...)
>>>  void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg, char *file)
>>>  {
>>>         char *xdg_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
>>> -       char *home = getenv("HOME");
>>> +       const char *home = get_home_directory();
>>>         char *to_free = NULL;
>>>
>>>         if (!home) {
>>
>> Just checking. Instead of replace the call sites, can we check and
>> setenv("HOME") if it's missing instead? MinGW port already replaces
>> main(). Extra initialization should not be a problem. I feel
>> "getenv("HOME")" a tiny bit more familiar than get_home_directory(),
>> but that's really weak argument as the number of call sites has not
>> increased in 4 years.
> 
Setting the variable instead of wrapping getenv has the additional benefit that it also affects child processes (read: scripted commands).
> Yeah. But we already set %HOME% to %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% in
> /etc/profile, git-cmd.bat, gitk.cmd *and* git-wrapper... Do we really
> need one more place?
> 
...all of these also do the string concatenation correctly (i.e. not "C:/\Users\MyName" as this patch does), fall back to %USERPROFILE% if %HOMEPATH% is not set, and most (except git-wrapper) even check that the directory exists. So IMO this patch has been superseded by more robust solutions and should be dropped.
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Message 4 of 31 in “Add a Windows-specific fallback to getenv("HOME");”
  1. Add a Windows-specific fallback to getenv("HOME");Stepan Kasal, Jun 4, 2014
  2. Duy NguyenJun 4, 2014
  3. Erik Faye-LundJun 4, 2014
  4. Karsten BleesJun 4, 2014
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014
  6. Erik Faye-LundJun 4, 2014
  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014
  8. Stepan KasalJun 4, 2014
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014
  10. Stepan KasalJun 4, 2014
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014
  12. Git for Windows SDKPhilip Oakley, Jun 6, 2014
  13. Duy NguyenJun 4, 2014
  14. Sebastian SchuberthJun 6, 2014
  15. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014
  16. Karsten BleesJun 5, 2014
  17. Add a Windows-specific fallback to getenv("HOME");Stepan Kasal, Jun 5, 2014
  18. Torsten BögershausenJun 5, 2014
  19. Add a Windows-specific fallback to getenv("HOME");Stepan Kasal, Jun 5, 2014
  20. Karsten BleesJun 5, 2014
  21. Erik Faye-LundJun 5, 2014
  22. Karsten BleesJun 5, 2014
  23. Stepan KasalJun 6, 2014
  24. Stepan KasalJun 5, 2014
  25. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2014
  26. Karsten BleesJun 5, 2014
  27. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2014
  28. Stepan KasalJun 5, 2014
  29. Karsten BleesJun 5, 2014
  30. Stepan KasalJun 4, 2014
  31. Johannes SchindelinJun 4, 2014

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