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Re: [PATCH] git_progname (was: Re: User-relative paths)

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Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Oct 27, 2005, 08:34 UTC
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<pan.2005.10.27.08.34.11.285742@smurf.noris.de>
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<20051025093150.GB30889@pasky.or.cz>
Hi, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Someone said that converting main()s to git_main()s would help the
> libification effort,

Wasn't me, and frankly I doubt it. "old-style" programs just call the compatibility interface instead, and "new-style" ones call the libraries' initialization *after* they've parsed any environment vars or flags that are necessary.

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Message 29 of 30 in “Server side programs”
  1. Andreas EricssonOct 22, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  3. Andreas EricssonOct 23, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  8. Daniel BarkalowOct 24, 2005
  9. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsOct 23, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  14. H. Peter AnvinOct 24, 2005
  15. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  16. H. Peter AnvinOct 24, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  18. Add git-shell.Junio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2005
  19. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  23. git_progname (was: Re: User-relative paths)Andreas Ericsson, Oct 25, 2005
  24. Petr BaudisOct 25, 2005
  25. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  26. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  27. Petr BaudisOct 25, 2005
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2005
  29. Matthias UrlichsOct 27, 2005
  30. Linus TorvaldsOct 23, 2005

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