David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> writes: > Mahesh Pujari <pujarimahesh_kumar@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Hello, >> I am trying to compile git with debug symbols and failed to do so >> (basically I am a noob), can some one direct me to links or mailing >> list (have searched but couldn't find) or doc's so that I can debug >> git using gdb. > > git is compiled with debug symbols by default. ... but: 1) some Git commands are shell-scripts, on which you can't use gdb. 2) some Git commands fork other commands, and then you have to deal with multiple processes (i.e. putting a breakpoint in a piece of code executed by the subprocess won't work if gdb is running on the other one). -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- 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