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Re: [PATCH] C implementation of the 'git' program.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Nov 11, 2005, 19:31 UTC
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
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> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> I think this might be a bit ambiguous. When I see "GIT_LIB", to me
>> it implies traditional libraries (ie a "libgit.a" kind of thing),
>> not the kind of "git executable plugin" directory.
>> So I'd suggest renaming "--lib" and "GIT_LIB" to be more of a
>> "--libexec" kind of flavor, if only to avoid that confusion.
>
> Someone said libexec was moving out (of Linux, at least), so I thought 
> I'd better avoid that. Perhaps GIT_LIBDIR?

More like "the rest of git executables". GIT_EXEC_PATH, with "git --exec-path" command, perhaps?

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  1. C implementation of the 'git' program.Andreas Ericsson, Nov 10, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsNov 10, 2005
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  4. Petr BaudisNov 10, 2005
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