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[PATCH 2/3] run-command: teach locate_in_PATH about Windows

From
Matthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 3, 2023, 10:28 UTC
Message-ID
<bf8b34aaef32a64b85f778ab219aeb41238f2bf2.1691058498.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Matthias=20A=C3=9Fhauer?= <mha1993@live.de>
since 5e1f28d206 (bisect--helper: reimplement `bisect_visualize()` shell
 function in C, 2021-09-13) `git bisect visualize` uses exists_in_PATH()
to check wether it should call `gitk`, but exists_in_PATH() relies on
locate_in_PATH() which currently only understands POSIX-ish PATH variables
(a list of paths, separated by colons) on native Windows executables
we encounter Windows PATH variables (a list of paths that often contain
drive letters (and thus colons), separated by semicolons). Luckily we do
already have a function that can lookup executables on windows PATHs:
mingw_path_lookup(). Teach locate_in_PATH() to use mingw_path_lookup()
on Windows.
Reported-by: Louis Strous <Louis.Strous@intellimagic.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de>
---
 run-command.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 60c94198664..8f518e37e27 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -182,13 +182,10 @@ int is_executable(const char *name)
  * Returns the path to the command, as found in $PATH or NULL if the
  * command could not be found.  The caller inherits ownership of the memory
  * used to store the resultant path.
- *
- * This should not be used on Windows, where the $PATH search rules
- * are more complicated (e.g., a search for "foo" should find
- * "foo.exe").
  */
 static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file)
 {
+#ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
 	const char *p = getenv("PATH");
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -217,6 +214,9 @@ static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file)
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return NULL;
+#else
+	return mingw_path_lookup(file,0);
+#endif
 }
 
 int exists_in_PATH(const char *command)
-- 
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  1. 0/3 git bisect visualize: find gitk on Windows againMatthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2023
  2. 1/3 compat: make path_lookup() available outside mingw.cMatthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2023
  3. 3/3 docs: update when `git bisect visualize` uses `gitk`Matthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2023
  5. 2/3 run-command: teach locate_in_PATH about WindowsMatthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2023
  9. Matthias AßhauerAug 3, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2023
  11. 0/3 git bisect visualize: find gitk on Windows againMatthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 4, 2023
  12. 1/3 run-command: conditionally define locate_in_PATH()Matthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 4, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2023
  14. Matthias AßhauerAug 4, 2023
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2023
  16. 3/3 docs: update when `git bisect visualize` uses `gitk`Matthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 4, 2023
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2023
  18. Eric SunshineAug 4, 2023
  19. Matthias AßhauerAug 4, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2023
  21. Eric SunshineAug 4, 2023
  22. 2/3 compat/mingw: implement a native locate_in_PATH()Matthias Aßhauer via GitGitGadget, Aug 4, 2023
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2023

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