Re: [PATCH 4/9] remove git wrapper dependency

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Nov 24, 2005, 08:35 UTC
Message-ID: <7voe4awii5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <438577E0.30109@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

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> Eric Wong wrote:
>> use git-diff-files instead of git diff-files so we don't rely on the
>> wrapper being installed (some people may have git as GNU interactive
>> tools :)
>>
>
> This one should do
> 	git --exec-path
>
> first to get the proper path to git-diff-files. Fall back to it being in 
> the path if finding out fails.

Eric is worried about the case where git on your PATH is GNU interactive tools, so "git --exec-path" would not give you what you want ;-).

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