This adds a trace point in start_command so we can see the full command invocation without having to resort to strace/code inspection. For example: $ GIT_TRACE=1 git test foo git.c:755 trace: exec: git-test foo run-command.c:657 trace: run_command: git-test foo run-command.c:657 trace: run_command: 'echo $*' foo run-command.c:749 trace: start_command: /bin/sh -c 'echo $* "$@"' 'echo $*' foo Prior changes have made the documentation around the internals of the alias command execution clearer, but I have still found this detailed view of the aliased command being run helpful for debugging purposes. A test case is added to ensure the full command output is present in the execution flow. Signed-off-by: Ian Wienand <iwienand@xxxxxxxxxx> --- run-command.c | 3 +++ t/t0014-alias.sh | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index 1b821042b4..31b20123d8 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -746,6 +746,8 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) goto end_of_spawn; } + trace_argv_printf(&argv.v[1], "trace: start_command:"); + if (pipe(notify_pipe)) notify_pipe[0] = notify_pipe[1] = -1; @@ -913,6 +915,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) else if (cmd->use_shell) cmd->args.v = prepare_shell_cmd(&nargv, sargv); + trace_argv_printf(cmd->args.v, "trace: start_command:"); cmd->pid = mingw_spawnvpe(cmd->args.v[0], cmd->args.v, (char**) cmd->env.v, cmd->dir, fhin, fhout, fherr); diff --git a/t/t0014-alias.sh b/t/t0014-alias.sh index 95568342be..854d59ec58 100755 --- a/t/t0014-alias.sh +++ b/t/t0014-alias.sh @@ -44,4 +44,15 @@ test_expect_success 'run-command formats empty args properly' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'tracing a shell alias with arguments shows trace of prepared command' ' + cat >expect <<-EOF && + trace: start_command: SHELL -c ${SQ}echo \$* "\$@"${SQ} ${SQ}echo \$*${SQ} arg + EOF + git config alias.echo "!echo \$*" && + env GIT_TRACE=1 git echo arg 2>output && + # redact platform differences + sed -n -e "s/^\(trace: start_command:\) .* -c /\1 SHELL -c /p" output >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_done -- 2.45.1