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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-06-17 10:15:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-06-17 10:15:14 -0700 |
| commit | 7df94cd1f691dd6ccb3038e1b77544030aab3fed (patch) | |
| tree | 61f9b972343d0fca48ec273f9ef8a2d327f07251 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'ds/object-info-for-prefetch-fix' (diff) | |
| parent | doc: hint about GIT_DEBUGGER in CodingGuidelines (diff) | |
| download | tgif-7df94cd1f691dd6ccb3038e1b77544030aab3fed.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'es/git-debugger-doc'
Doc update.
* es/git-debugger-doc:
doc: hint about GIT_DEBUGGER in CodingGuidelines
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 32210a4386..1169ff6c8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -412,6 +412,12 @@ For C programs: must be declared with "extern" in header files. However, function declarations should not use "extern", as that is already the default. + - You can launch gdb around your program using the shorthand GIT_DEBUGGER. + Run `GIT_DEBUGGER=1 ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to simply use gdb as is, or + run `GIT_DEBUGGER="<debugger> <debugger-args>" ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to + use your own debugger and arguments. Example: `GIT_DEBUGGER="ddd --gdb" + ./bin-wrappers/git log` (See `wrap-for-bin.sh`.) + For Perl programs: - Most of the C guidelines above apply. |