Re: [PATCH 3/6] Facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> On Tue, 27 Oct 2015, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> >>> It can be called GDB=1, perhaps?
> >>
> >> No, this is way too generic. As I only test that the environment
> >> variable's existence, even something like GDB=/usr/opt/gdb/bin/gdb would
> >> trigger it.
> >>
> >> I could be talked into GDB_GIT=1, though.
> >
> > As I said in another message, I have no preference myself over the
> > name of this variable (or making it a shell function like Duy
> > mentioned, which incidentally may give us more visual pleasantness
> > by losing '=').
> >
> > I'd just be happy as long as the feature becomes available, and I'd
> > leave the choice of consistent and convenient naming to others who
> > have stronger opinions ;-)
> 
> Here's a suggested patch.