From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:47:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Redirect cd output to /dev/null, was: git-clone seems dead
Message-ID: <7vwtlnm4zx.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050911230136.GA15224@athame.dynamicro.on.ca>

I recall somebody else had trouble when we say 'cd blah' in our
script and the CDPATH in the user's environment interfere and
took us elsewhere.

I do not have any problem with people who have CDPATH defined as
a plain shell variable (not exported) in their interactive
shells, but I really do not see a point of having CDPATH as an
environment variable, exported to be honored by any unsuspecting
shell scripts.

Until somebody convinces me that CDPATH in the environment is a
good idea, I do not have much sympathy to people with such an
environment.