From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:25:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] "git help -a" should search all exec_paths and PATH
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710212323580.25221@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071021214846.GI16291@srparish.net>

Hi,

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Scott R Parish wrote:

> Currently "git help -a" only searches in the highest priority exec_path, 
> meaning at worst, nothing is listed if the git commands are only 
> available from the PATH. It also makes git slightly less extensible.
> 
> To fix this, help.c is modified to search in all the exec_paths and PATH
> for potential git commands.

With this explanation, I would have expected that you add a loop just like 
in exec-cmd.c.  Not anything more.  And certainly not the removal of a 
sanity check for the length of the path name.

Ciao,
Dscho