Hi, On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Bj?rn Steinbrink wrote: > On 2007.11.11 11:43:02 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I was referring to the > > > GIT_EXEC_PATH build variable, not the environment variable. The git > > > wrapper always adds the path determined during build to the front of > > > PATH. When I was changing my build script, this got set to "/usr/ > > > local/bin" (I usually use /usr/local/stow/git, instead). Since I > > > have a /usr/local/bin/vim, PATH for git-commit.sh during the test > > > was: > > > > > > - my git build directory > > > - /usr/local/bin (containing a symlink vi -> vim) > > > - the t/trash directory, added by the test via `PATH=".:$PATH"` > > > (containing the test vi script) > > > - my normal path > > > > Maybe that is what is broken. t/test-lib.sh makes the environment > > variable point at the build directory, and that should override the > > path that is compiled in, shouldn't it? > > Maybe you prefer this patch then? "make test" survived up to 9101/25, > but that fails with the current master anyway and I didn't bother to run > the remaining tests manually, so it seems to be fine. Might break some > weird setups that rely on being able to set multiple additional paths > though (not that I think that that is a good idea to begin with). > > Bj?rn > --- > Instead of adding all possible exec paths to PATH, only add the best > one, following the same rules that --exec-path, without arguments, uses > to figure out which path to display. > > Signed-off-by: Bj?rn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@xxxxxx> > --- For easy application by the maintainer, please make the commit message the first part, then have a single "---", and then the quoted mail. > diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c > index 2d0a758..9c376ad 100644 > --- a/exec_cmd.c > +++ b/exec_cmd.c > @@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ void setup_path(const char *cmd_path) > > strbuf_init(&new_path, 0); > > - 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, git_exec_path()); > add_path(&new_path, cmd_path); I wonder why cmd_path is still there, then. (I'd have expected something like add_path(&new_path, cmd_path ? cmd_path : git_exec_path()); In related news, IMO cmd_path should be made absolute if it is not already the case. 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