Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] setup: allow for prefix to be passed to git commands

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Mar 17, 2017, 19:10 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaTNVZBZg5jiVzAKdu96pENcRJmvZ1WR37TP2MXLR-nUg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170317190856.GC110341@google.com>

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> wrote:

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> On 03/17, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> >         prefix = setup_git_directory_gently_1(nongit_ok);
>> > +       env_prefix = getenv(GIT_TOPLEVEL_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT);
>> > +
>> > +       if (env_prefix)
>> > +               prefix = env_prefix;
>> > +
>> >         if (prefix)
>> >                 setenv(GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, prefix, 1);
>>
>> so we load that GIT_TOPLEVEL_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT prefix
>> first, such that we essentially copy it into GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT,
>> such that e.g. aliased commands will know about the superprefix, too.
>
> I don't follow, this doesn't have anything to do with super-prefix.
>

s/superprefix/prefix as passed in via GIT_TOPLEVEL_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT/

sorry for the confusion.