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git/exec_cmd.h
Michal Ostrowski 77cb17e940 Exec git programs without using PATH.
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: Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-01-13 16:49:01 -08:00

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#ifndef __GIT_EXEC_CMD_H_
#define __GIT_EXEC_CMD_H_
extern void git_set_exec_path(const char *exec_path);
extern const char* git_exec_path(void);
extern int execv_git_cmd(char **argv); /* NULL terminated */
extern int execl_git_cmd(char *cmd, ...);
#endif /* __GIT_EXEC_CMD_H_ */