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Re: Bug? Bad permissions in $PATH breaks Git aliases

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2012, 15:14 UTC
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James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Mar 26, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
>> Git is not a shell. And I'm sure it is not the only program that has this
>> ... 
>> Don't check the
>> sanity of your PATH by testing how your shell looks up executables.
>
> I'm not claiming that it's sane to have a broken PATH, but as I
> mentioned in an earlier email, sometimes my PATH gets broken through
> no fault of my own, and it would be nice if Git could be more helpful
> in that case.

Hrm, so which was more helpful in diagnosing the broken PATH? Git by letting you be aware that there is some problem, or your shell by keeping me oblivious of the issue?

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  2. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  3. James PickensMar 27, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  5. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  6. 1/2 run-command: propagate EACCES errors to parentJeff King, Mar 27, 2012
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  8. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  9. 2/2 git: continue alias lookup on EACCES errorsJeff King, Mar 27, 2012
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  39. Jeff KingMar 28, 2012
  40. Frans KlaverMar 29, 2012
  41. Jeff KingMar 29, 2012
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  43. Johannes SixtMar 27, 2012
  44. James PickensMar 27, 2012
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