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Re: [PATCH] Locate git helpers with type -P, for when git --exec-path is multivalued

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
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Mar 22, 2012, 09:46 UTC
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Dominique Quatravaux <domq@google.com> writes:
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> Under a setting of (eg) GIT_EXEC_PATH=/home/joe/bin:/usr/lib/git-core,
> constructs such as
>
>   . "$(git --exec-path)"/git-sh-setup
>
> do not work. The proper way is
>
>   . "$(PATH="$(git --exec-path)" type -p git-sh-setup)"
type doesn't take any options in POSIX, and -P is bash-only.
Andreas.
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  1. Locate git helpers with type -P, for when git --exec-path is multivaluedDominique Quatravaux, Mar 22, 2012
  2. Thomas RastMar 22, 2012
  3. Dominique QuatravauxMar 22, 2012
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