# [PATCH] When exec() fails include the failing command in the error message

1 messages from 2007-11-06 to 2007-11-06. Participants: Ask Bjørn Hansen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/10679

## Ask Bjørn Hansen, 2007-11-06 10:54

Subject: [PATCH] When exec() fails include the failing command in the error message
Message-ID: <1194346441-20292-1-git-send-email-ask@develooper.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1194346441-20292-1-git-send-email-ask%40develooper.com

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git-svn occasionally fails with no details as to what went wrong - this should help debug those situations.

Signed-off-by: Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@develooper.com>
---
 perl/Git.pm |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index 3f4080c..dca92c8 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ sub _cmd_exec {
 		$self->wc_subdir() and chdir($self->wc_subdir());
 	}
 	_execv_git_cmd(@args);
-	die "exec failed: $!";
+	die qq[exec "@args" failed: $!];
 }
 
 # Execute the given Git command ($_[0]) with arguments ($_[1..])
-- 
1.5.3.5.561.g140d

```