"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:10:27 -0700 Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I see many documents floating on the web that call CDPATH "an >> environment variable". It is a disease X-<. > > What is CDPATH then? (other than trouble/disease) > I find it useful (usually :). What I mean is that it belongs to the "set" command output but should not be in "printenv" command output. It is a useful shell variable to help interactive use, but it causes trouble without benefit when exported to the environment (breaks scripts you invoke without you knowing). Calling such a shell variable "an environment variable" is spreading trouble. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html