Re: [PATCH 04/40] Windows: Use the Windows style PATH separator ';'.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 28, 2008, 17:57 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhcftj75f.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1204138503-6126-5-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> writes:

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> diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
> index e189cac..343545d 100644
> --- a/exec_cmd.c
> +++ b/exec_cmd.c
> @@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ static void add_path(struct strbuf *out, const char *path)
>  		else
>  			strbuf_addstr(out, make_absolute_path(path));
>  
> +#ifdef __MINGW32__
> +		strbuf_addch(out, ';');
> +#else
>  		strbuf_addch(out, ':');
> +#endif
>  	}
>  }

If it were only these two places it might be Ok, but together with 10/40 you may want to do

        #if WINDOWS
        #define PATH_SEP ';'
        #else
        #define PATH_SEP ':'
        #endif

in a header so that the C files do not have to suffer.

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