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>
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 1834b6b..d198055 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include "tag.h"
#include "object.h"
#include "commit.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
static const char upload_pack_usage[] = "git-upload-pack [--strict] [--timeout=nn] <dir>";
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
close(0);
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
- *p++ = "git-rev-list";
+ *p++ = "rev-list";
*p++ = "--objects";
if (create_full_pack || MAX_NEEDS <= nr_needs)
*p++ = "--all";
@@ -79,13 +80,13 @@
buf += 41;
}
*p++ = NULL;
- execvp("git-rev-list", argv);
+ execv_git_cmd(argv);
die("git-upload-pack: unable to exec git-rev-list");
}
dup2(fd[0], 0);
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
- execlp("git-pack-objects", "git-pack-objects", "--stdout", NULL);
+ execl_git_cmd("pack-objects", "--stdout", NULL);
die("git-upload-pack: unable to exec git-pack-objects");
}
