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author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2009-07-09 02:37:35 -0400 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-07-09 01:19:51 -0700 |
commit | 4ecbc178704ca6c1027a38483e98f5fe493b1322 (patch) | |
tree | e5cf8b0e1e660eb837c2e5d98c2071a0a1e3bb57 /Documentation | |
parent | Merge branch 'ld/push-porcelain-output-format' (diff) | |
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Makefile: install 'git' in execdir
When a git command executes a subcommand, it uses the "git
foo" form, which relies on finding "git" in the PATH.
Normally this should not be a problem, since the same "git"
that was used to invoke git in the first place will be
found. And if somebody invokes a "git" outside of the PATH
(e.g., by giving its absolute path), this case is already
covered: we put that absolute path onto the front of PATH.
However, if one is using "sudo", then sudo will execute the
"git" from the PATH, but pass along a restricted PATH that
may not contain the original "git" directory. In this case,
executing a subcommand will fail.
To solve this, we put the "git" wrapper itself into the
execdir; this directory is prepended to the PATH when git
starts, so the wrapper will always be found.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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