Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 17, 2024, 02:40 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfrvkd843.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <owlyzfts52ln.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>

Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:

> Anyway, should I do something like "#!/usr/bin/env perl" or similar as
> another patch? It should be more portable than the hardcoded path we
> have to /usr/bin/perl.

The project preference always has been to replace #!/usr/bin/$prog when installing to match the system's path, without having to assume that "env" is available and is installed in /usr/bin/

We are not installing this thing (yet), so how about giving an instruction to run "perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts", only assuming that the user is intelligent enough to be able to react to "perl: not found" by installing it on their path?

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