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    Exec git programs without using PATH. · 77cb17e9
    Michal Ostrowski authored
    
    
    The git suite may not be in PATH (and thus programs such as
    git-send-pack could not exec git-rev-list).  Thus there is a need for
    logic that will locate these programs.  Modifying PATH is not
    desirable as it result in behavior differing from the user's
    intentions, as we may end up prepending "/usr/bin" to PATH.
    
    - git C programs will use exec*_git_cmd() APIs to exec sub-commands.
    - exec*_git_cmd() will execute a git program by searching for it in
      the following directories:
    	1. --exec-path (as used by "git")
    	2. The GIT_EXEC_PATH environment variable.
    	3. $(gitexecdir) as set in Makefile (default value $(bindir)).
    - git wrapper will modify PATH as before to enable shell scripts to
      invoke "git-foo" commands.
    
    Ideally, shell scripts should use the git wrapper to become independent
    of PATH, and then modifying PATH will not be necessary.
    
    [jc: with minor updates after a brief review.]
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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