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Re: [PATCH 6/7] include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"

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David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2007, 11:45 UTC
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On 10/29/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Scott Parish wrote:
>
> > I was thinking set operations when i named this (hense "a" and "b"),
> > but i'll try this out.
>
> Yes, I guessed that.  But in that case, "subtract" is actively wrong,
> since you cannot guarantee (and indeed do not want to assume) that one is
> the subset of the other.

The nearest set theory operation would be "difference" (or "complement"); that does not require that the subtrahend is a subset of the minuend.

Dave.
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Message 19 of 25 in “"git" returns 1; "git help" and "git help -a" return 0”
  1. 1/7 "git" returns 1; "git help" and "git help -a" return 0Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  2. 2/7 remove unused/unneeded "pattern" argument of list_commandsScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  3. 3/7 "current_exec_path" is a misleading name, use "argv_exec_path"Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  4. 4/7 list_commands(): simplify code by using chdir()Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  5. 5/7 use only the $PATH for exec'ing git commandsScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  6. 6/7 walk $PATH to generate list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  7. 7/7 shell should call the new setup_path() to setup $PATHScott R Parish, Oct 27, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  9. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  11. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  12. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  14. Scott ParishOct 28, 2007
  15. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2007
  17. Scott ParishOct 29, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2007
  19. David SymondsOct 29, 2007
  20. 6/7 include $PATH in generating list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 29, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2007
  22. Scott ParishOct 30, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  24. Adam RobenOct 28, 2007
  25. 5/7 use only the $PATH for exec'ing git commandsScott R Parish, Oct 28, 2007

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