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Re: [PATCH] git.c: prevent change of environment variables

From
Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2015, 18:07 UTC
Message-ID
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There is aliasing of git -c .... in t1300-repo-config.sh, but I see:
die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
      "You can use '!git' in the alias to do this.",
      alias_command);
at git.c, how to be here?
Thank you.
2015-01-10 18:53 GMT+06:00 Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>:
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> We can't change environment variables in aliases which doesn't start with '!'
>
> * 'git --exec-path=path' changes $GIT_EXEC_PATH variable in
> git_set_argv_exec_path
>
> * 'git -p/--paginate' sets 'use_pager' to 1 and commit_pager_choice
> will change $GIT_PAGER_IN_USE variable in setup_pager(void) from pager.c
>
> * 'git -c' calls git_config_push_parameter which will change
> $GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS variable
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
> ---
>  git.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
> index c9bec99..3e87f05 100644
> --- a/git.c
> +++ b/git.c
> @@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
>                  * Check remaining flags.
>                  */
>                 if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--exec-path", &cmd)) {
> -                       if (*cmd == '=')
> +                       if (*cmd == '=') {
>                                 git_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
> +                               if (envchanged)
> +                                       *envchanged = 1;
> +                       }
>                         else {
>                                 puts(git_exec_path());
>                                 exit(0);
> @@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
>                         exit(0);
>                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
>                         use_pager = 1;
> +                       if (envchanged)
> +                               *envchanged = 1;
>                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
>                         use_pager = 0;
>                         if (envchanged)
> @@ -171,6 +176,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
>                                 usage(git_usage_string);
>                         }
>                         git_config_push_parameter((*argv)[1]);
> +                       if (envchanged)
> +                               *envchanged = 1;
>                         (*argv)++;
>                         (*argc)--;
>                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--literal-pathspecs")) {
> --
> 2.2.1.531.g5addc96.dirty
>
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