From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:42:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] Facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1510301941170.31610@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>
In-Reply-To: <5631AB75.5030800@gmail.com>

Hi Victor,

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015, Victor Leschuk wrote:

> >   +if test -n "$TEST_GDB_GIT"
> > +then
> > +	exec gdb -args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
> Maybe we could make $TEST_GDB_GIT not just a boolean flag? It would be useful
> to contain "gdb" executable name. It would allow to set path to GDB when it
> is not in $PATH, set different debuggers (for example, I usually use cgdb),
> or even set it to /path/to/gdb_wrapper.sh which could contain different gdb
> options and tunings.

Sure, as long as TEST_GDB_GIT=1 still works. Why don't you make an add-on
patch and submit it?

Ciao,
Johannes