From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:55:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Remember and use GIT_EXEC_PATH on exec()'s
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0601102054200.27363@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vzmm36f1x.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > git programs exec other git programs, but they also exec non-git
> > programs.  I think it is not appropriate to change PATH (via
> > prepend_to_path) because this may result in unexpected behavior when
> > exec'ing non-git programs:
> 
> This is a valid concern.

Why? If what is prepended to PATH only contains git programs?

Ciao,
Dscho