On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I don't like the idea of introducing a compat/mingw/string.h because >> of two reasons: You would have to add a conditional to include that >> string.h instead of the system one anyway, > > With -Icompat/mingw passed to the compiler, which is a bog-standard > technique we already use to supply headers the system forgot to > supply or override buggy headers the system is shipped with, you do > not have to change any "#include <string.h>". > > Am I mistaken? Ah, that would work I guess, but you'd still need the include_next. -- Sebastian Schuberth -- 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