From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:42:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] (Updated) Exec git programs without using PATH. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vek3esdw0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > For your (primarily Michal, but other interested parties as > well) reference, here is the diff between your patch in the > message I am replying to and what I placed in the "pu" branch > last night. Tangentially related note: maybe we should try to move to a "spawn()" like interface so that it could port better to native Windows interfaces? Even under Linux, using vfork()+exec() is actually faster than a regular fork/exec, so there are potential advantages. The real advantage of fork+exec is how you can do arbitrary setup between the two, without needing insanely complex rules for file descriptors etc. But maybe we don't have tons of those issues? Linus