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Re: [PATCH 2/2] setup.c: re-fix d95138e (setup: set env $GIT_WORK_TREE when ..

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 5, 2015, 05:48 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ... Now I conclude
>> that setup-messed-by-alias is always evil. So the env restoration is
>> done for _all_ commands  whenever aliases are involved.
>
> So a side effect of this is whenever an alias is involved, all
> commands are re-spawned, not just the external ones but builtins as
> well.

I missed that while re-reading c056261, but yes that's true. So Windows folks will be grumpy anyway. Maybe we can avoid that in certain (safe) cases, when we know the second setup_git_... will be executed by the builtin command and won't have any side effects, which is probably the common case. But let's see how it goes.

-- 
Duy
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Message 11 of 39 in “Fwd: Git clone fails during pre-commit hook due to GIT_WORK_TREE=. (regression 2.5 -> 2.6)”
  1. Anthony SottileNov 24, 2015
  2. Stefan BellerNov 24, 2015
  3. Duy NguyenNov 25, 2015
  4. Duy NguyenNov 30, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2015
  6. Duy NguyenDec 1, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2015
  8. 1/2 git.c: make it clear save_env() is for alias handling onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 3, 2015
  9. 2/2 setup.c: re-fix d95138e (setup: set env $GIT_WORK_TREE when ..Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 3, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2015
  11. Duy NguyenDec 5, 2015
  12. 3/2 git.c: make sure we do not leak GIT_* to alias scriptsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 5, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2015
  14. Duy NguyenDec 8, 2015
  15. Jeff KingDec 8, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2015
  17. Duy NguyenDec 5, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2015
  19. 0/3 nd/clear-gitenv-upon-use-of-aliasNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 20, 2015
  20. 1/3 git.c: make it clear save_env() is for alias handling onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 20, 2015
  21. 2/3 setup.c: re-fix d95138e (setup: set env $GIT_WORK_TREE when ..Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 20, 2015
  22. 3/3 git.c: make sure we do not leak GIT_* to alias scriptsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 20, 2015
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2015
  24. Duy NguyenDec 22, 2015
  25. Duy NguyenDec 22, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2015
  27. Jeff KingDec 23, 2015
  28. Duy NguyenDec 23, 2015
  29. Eric SunshineDec 23, 2015
  30. Johannes SixtDec 23, 2015
  31. Jeff KingDec 23, 2015
  32. Duy NguyenDec 24, 2015
  33. Jeff KingDec 29, 2015
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2015
  35. Revert "setup: set env $GIT_WORK_TREE when work tree is set, like $GIT_DIR"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 21, 2015
  36. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2015
  38. Duy NguyenDec 22, 2015
  39. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2015

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