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Re: --exec-path not always honored

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2009, 05:41 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
> git-gc is a builtin. Should git setenv("GIT_EXEC_PATH") before it runs
> other git commands?

I think we just never have bothered about such a use case, but you are right. It probably is a good solution, although setenv makes me feel a bit nervous for no rational reason.

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