# [PATCH] git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env

2 messages from 2008-02-19 to 2008-02-20. Participants: David Kågedal, Alexandre Julliard.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12200

## David Kågedal, 2008-02-19 14:01

Subject: [PATCH] git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env
Message-ID: <87r6f958k5.fsf@lysator.liu.se>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87r6f958k5.fsf%40lysator.liu.se

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This will make it a little less posix-dependent, and more efficient.

Included is also a minor doc improvement.

Signed-off-by: David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
---
 contrib/emacs/git.el |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git.el b/contrib/emacs/git.el
index a8bf0ef..f69b697 100644
--- a/contrib/emacs/git.el
+++ b/contrib/emacs/git.el
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ if there is already one that displays the same directory."
 
 (defun git-call-process-env (buffer env &rest args)
   "Wrapper for call-process that sets environment strings."
-  (if env
-      (apply #'call-process "env" nil buffer nil
-             (append (git-get-env-strings env) (list "git") args))
+  (let ((process-environment (append (git-get-env-strings env)
+                                     process-environment)))
     (apply #'call-process "git" nil buffer nil args)))
 
 (defun git-call-process-display-error (&rest args)
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ if there is already one that displays the same directory."
 
 (defun git-call-process-env-string (env &rest args)
   "Wrapper for call-process that sets environment strings,
-and returns the process output as a string."
+and returns the process output as a string, or nil if the git failed."
   (with-temp-buffer
     (and (eq 0 (apply #' git-call-process-env t env args))
          (buffer-string))))
-- 
1.5.4.2.148.g410dc


-- 
David Kågedal

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## Alexandre Julliard, 2008-02-20 11:21

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env
Message-ID: <87y79fvpon.fsf@wine.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87y79fvpon.fsf%40wine.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <87r6f958k5.fsf@lysator.liu.se>

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David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:

> This will make it a little less posix-dependent, and more efficient.
>
> Included is also a minor doc improvement.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>

Acked-by: Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org>

-- 
Alexandre Julliard
julliard@winehq.org

```