Re: [PATCH] allow git to use the PATH for finding subcommands and help docs

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 19, 2007, 17:19 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710191917440.16728@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20071019164816.GA24573@glandium.org>

Hi,

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > While reading this, I have to wonder why it is not just simpler to try 
> > with builtin_exec_path first, and if that fails, just let exec() find the 
> > program in the PATH?
> 
> Why not try the directory where the git executable is, too ?

I commented on that. If the git command was not specified with an absolute path, then make it absolute (and only if not even a relative path was specified, ignore this altogether since git is in the PATH).

I was a bit terse on the issue I have to admit, though.

Ciao, Dscho