From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:09:35 GMT Subject: Re: Merge problems with git-mingw Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <470BB44B.3030500@viscovery.net> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote: > > + extern const char *quote_arg(const char *arg); > + argv[0] = quote_arg(git_command); Extern declarations inside a local scope will not work on more modern gcc versions. Don't do it. Do proper prototyping in proper scope. Linus