Re: [PATCH 2/2] git: continue alias lookup on EACCES errors

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:16:36PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > If git receives an EACCES error while trying to execute an
> > external command, we currently give up and report the error.
> > However, the EACCES may be caused by an inaccessible
> > directory in the user's PATH.
> 
> Regardless of EACCES/ENOENT change we discussed, the observable behaviour
> should be testable.  Something like this?

Yes, though I held back on writing tests, because I don't think we've
quite decided what the behavior _should_ be. Should we be
differentiating "chmod -x /bin/ls" from "chmod -x /bin"? Should we be
continuing alias lookup on EACCES? Should we print edit-distance
suggestions on EACCES?

I think the four cases from my previous email would be reasonable things
to test, but I wasn't sure what the expected outcomes should look like.

-Peff
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