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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | path.c | 8 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t0060-path-utils.sh | 8 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index bf82766a6a..0c0e6b859f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -298,6 +298,15 @@ pathname:: tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/` is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified user's home directory. ++ +If a path starts with `%(prefix)/`, the remainder is interpreted as a +path relative to Git's "runtime prefix", i.e. relative to the location +where Git itself was installed. For example, `%(prefix)/bin/` refers to +the directory in which the Git executable itself lives. If Git was +compiled without runtime prefix support, the compiled-in prefix will be +subsituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to +be specified that should _not_ be expanded, it needs to be prefixed by +`./`, like so: `./%(prefix)/bin`. Variables @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include "packfile.h" #include "object-store.h" #include "lockfile.h" +#include "exec-cmd.h" static int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode) { @@ -723,6 +724,9 @@ static struct passwd *getpw_str(const char *username, size_t len) * failure or if path is NULL. * * If real_home is true, strbuf_realpath($HOME) is used in the `~/` expansion. + * + * If the path starts with `%(prefix)/`, the remainder is interpreted as + * relative to where Git is installed, and expanded to the absolute path. */ char *interpolate_path(const char *path, int real_home) { @@ -731,6 +735,10 @@ char *interpolate_path(const char *path, int real_home) if (path == NULL) goto return_null; + + if (skip_prefix(path, "%(prefix)/", &path)) + return system_path(path); + if (path[0] == '~') { const char *first_slash = strchrnul(path, '/'); const char *username = path + 1; diff --git a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh index a76728c27b..34d1061f32 100755 --- a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh +++ b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh @@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ test_expect_success RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD 'RUNTIME_PREFIX works' ' cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/ && GIT_EXEC_PATH= ./pretend/bin/git here >actual && echo HERE >expect && + test_cmp expect actual' + +test_expect_success RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD '%(prefix)/ works' ' + mkdir -p pretend/bin && + cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/ && + git config yes.path "%(prefix)/yes" && + GIT_EXEC_PATH= ./pretend/bin/git config --path yes.path >actual && + echo "$(pwd)/pretend/yes" >expect && test_cmp expect actual ' |