Hi Brian, hi Björn, On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Brian Gernhardt wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > Probably git-commit executes your installed write-tree, commit-tree > > and friends, instead of the compiled ones. > > You are wrong there. From exec_cmd.c:setup_path() (lines 51-54): > > add_path(&new_path, argv_exec_path); > add_path(&new_path, getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT)); > add_path(&new_path, builtin_exec_path); > add_path(&new_path, cmd_path); Ah, I forgot that --exec-path=<path> did not override GIT_EXEC_PATH. Thanks for clarifying! Your patch is obviously good, then. Ciao, Dscho