Re: [PATCH] Windows: set gitexecdir = $(bindir)

> On Samstag, 19. Juli 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Sorry, I am not sure if I understand what you are trying to solve.   
>> If you
>> have ../libexec/git-core/ in GIT_EXEC_PATH (or have  
>> builtin_exec_path()
>> use it), then your installation would look like this:
>>
>> 	[[some random place]]
>>        	bin/git
>>                libexec/git-core/git-add
>>                libexec/git-core/git-del
>>                libexec/git-core/git-dir
>>                ...
>>
>> and if "git" can figure out it is "[[some random place]]/bin/git",
>> it can find its subcommands from neighbouring directory, that is  
>> still
>> inside the random place the user told the installer to use, can't it?
>
> Yes, but...
>
> Take as an example 'git pull'.
>
> - The first call to git will derive the exec-path
> $prefix/bin/../libexec/git-core and prepend it to $PATH.
>
> - Calls to builtin git commands from inside 'git pull' will then  
> derive the
> exec-path $prefix/bin/../libexec/git-core/../libexec/git-core, that is
> $prefix/libexec/libexec/git-core, and prepend it to $PATH as well.  
> That
> directory does not exist - usually - and it does not hurt. But it  
> feels dirty
> and potentially dangerous.