Re: "git stash" is not known to git

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Jul 30, 2007, 19:30 UTC
Message-ID: <85ir81u1t1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <20070730110354.GA11676@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:52:40PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> How does it calculate its exec path?  It would appear that it would
>> not contain _either_ /usr/local/bin _or_ /opt/git/bin in my
>> installation if it can't find git-stash (which should be statable in
>> both places).
>
> See exec_cmd.c:execv_git_cmd. It checks in order:
>   1. --exec-path= on command line
>   2. $GIT_EXEC_PATH from environment
>   3. GIT_EXEC_PATH defined at compile-time (set by Makefile from
>       $(gitexecdir), which is generally the same as $(bindir))
>
> So it should have /opt/git/bin in your case, but it's possible since
> that is a Makefile variable that you failed to recompile correctly after
> changing its value.
>
>> Have a command handy for checking the exec path?
>
> git --exec-path

dak@lola:/home/tmp/git$ git --exec-path
/opt/git/bin
dak@lola:/home/tmp/git$ git stash --help
Reformatting git-stash(1), please wait...
WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
-  (press RETURN)q
dak@lola:/home/tmp/git$ git-stash --help
dak@lola:/home/tmp/git$ Usage: /usr/local/bin/git-stash [ | list | show | apply | clear]

I think I'll just soak my head in a bucket. Don't ask me _what_ I imagined to be experiencing here.

Maybe missing out shell completion when not typing the hyphen or similar nonsense. Sorry for the noise.

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