Fwd: [PATCH v2 04/11] run-command: make `exists_in_PATH()` non-static

>
> Hi Miriam,
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2020, Miriam Rubio wrote:
>
> > From: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
> >
> > Removes the `static` keyword from `exists_in_PATH()` function
> > and declares the function in `run-command.h` file.
> > The function will be used in bisect_visualize() in a later
> > commit.
>
> I inspected the code in `exists_in_PATH()` and in `locate_in_PATH()` and
> it looks as if neither of them depended on file-local variables (which
> would otherwise need to be addressed when exporting the function).
>
> If you contribute another iteration of this patch series, it might make
> sense to mention this in the commit message explicitly.

>
> Thanks,
> Dscho
>
> >
> > Mentored by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> > Mentored by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Tanushree Tumane <tanushreetumane@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Miriam Rubio <mirucam@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  run-command.c |  2 +-
> >  run-command.h | 11 +++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
> > index f5e1149f9b..4df975178d 100644
> > --- a/run-command.c
> > +++ b/run-command.c
> > @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file)
> >       return NULL;
> >  }
> >
> > -static int exists_in_PATH(const char *file)
> > +int exists_in_PATH(const char *file)
> >  {
> >       char *r = locate_in_PATH(file);
> >       int found = r != NULL;
> > diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
> > index 592d9dc035..7c8e206d97 100644
> > --- a/run-command.h
> > +++ b/run-command.h
> > @@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ void child_process_clear(struct child_process *);
> >
> >  int is_executable(const char *name);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * Returns if a $PATH given by parameter is found or not (it is NULL). This
> > + * function uses locate_in_PATH() function that emulates the path search that
> > + * execvp would perform. Memory used to store the resultant path is freed by
> > + * the function.
> > + *
> > + * The caller should ensure that $PATH contains no directory
> > + * separators.
> > + */
> > +int exists_in_PATH(const char *);
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * Start a sub-process. Takes a pointer to a `struct child_process`
> >   * that specifies the details and returns pipe FDs (if requested).
> > --
> > 2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)
> >
> >