Hi, On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Scott Parish wrote: > diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c > index 9b74ed2..674c9f3 100644 > --- a/exec_cmd.c > +++ b/exec_cmd.c > @@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv) > { > char git_command[PATH_MAX + 1]; > int i; > + int rc; > const char *paths[] = { current_exec_path, > getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT), > builtin_exec_path }; > + const char *tmp; > + size_t len; > > for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(paths); ++i) { > - size_t len; > - int rc; > const char *exec_dir = paths[i]; > - const char *tmp; > > if (!exec_dir || !*exec_dir) continue; > > @@ -106,8 +106,26 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv) > > argv[0] = tmp; > } > - return -1; > > + rc = snprintf(git_command, sizeof(git_command), "git-%s", argv[0]); > + if (rc < 0 || rc >= sizeof(git_command) - len) { > + fprintf(stderr, "git: command name given is too long.\n"); > + return -1; > + } > + > + tmp = argv[0]; > + argv[0] = git_command; > + > + trace_argv_printf(argv, -1, "trace: exec:"); > + > + /* execve() can only ever return if it fails */ > + execvp(git_command, (char **)argv); > + > + trace_printf("trace: exec failed: %s\n", strerror(errno)); > + > + argv[0] = tmp; > + > + return -1; > } I am not sure that this is elegant enough: Something like this (completely untested) might be better: diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c index 9b74ed2..c928f37 100644 --- a/exec_cmd.c +++ b/exec_cmd.c @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv) int i; const char *paths[] = { current_exec_path, getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT), - builtin_exec_path }; + builtin_exec_path, + "" }; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(paths); ++i) { size_t len; @@ -44,9 +45,12 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv) const char *exec_dir = paths[i]; const char *tmp; - if (!exec_dir || !*exec_dir) continue; + if (!exec_dir) continue; - if (*exec_dir != '/') { + if (!*exec_dir) + /* try PATH */ + *git_command = '\0'; + else if (*exec_dir != '/') { if (!getcwd(git_command, sizeof(git_command))) { fprintf(stderr, "git: cannot determine " "current directory: %s\n", @@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv) len = strlen(git_command); rc = snprintf(git_command + len, sizeof(git_command) - len, - "/git-%s", argv[0]); + "%sgit-%s", *exec_dir ? "/" : "", argv[0]); if (rc < 0 || rc >= sizeof(git_command) - len) { fprintf(stderr, "git: command name given is too long.\n"); Ciao, Dscho - 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