Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] subtree: fix the GIT_EXEC_PATH sanity check to work on Windows

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 15, 2021, 02:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmtrryhru.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <5f2d9434b4ebb66131ea2fb9fbb62d6338af1294.1623674513.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> Sadly, this construct is non-portable, according to
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html.
> However, it does not matter in practice because we still first look
> whether `$GIT_EXEC_PREFIX` is string-identical to the first component of
> `$PATH`. This will give us the expected result everywhere but in Git for
> Windows, and Git for Windows' own Bash _does_ handle the `-ef` operator.

OK. That's somewhat subtle and possibly brittle, but let's see how it goes.

Will queue.

Thanks.