Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] path: add a function to check for path suffix

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 13, 2019, 16:42 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqzhkd81ag.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190813063618.GO20404@szeder.dev>

SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:

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> ...  And that function must be able to handle multiple path
> components, becase there is this callsite:
>
>   exec-cmd.c:         !(prefix = strip_path_suffix(executable_dirname, GIT_EXEC_PATH)) &&
>
> and the build sets '-DGIT_EXEC_PATH="libexec/git-core"' by default.

OK, that answers my earlier question. We do want to support such a caller with one or more components at the end.

Thanks.

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