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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git fails to detect subcommand when hook is symlinked to a builtin
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:09:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110320090937.GA13167@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110320082020.GA12663@elie>

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Instead, the rule is:

Sorry, that came out a muddle.  Teemu Likonen explains the rule[1]
better.  And Linus explains the rationale[2].  The main reason I found
this interesting enough to chime in is that I was considering
proposing changing the beginning of git scripts to

 . "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"

to set a good example, which would be a regression in git's ability
to complain when used in a fragile way.

So, Todd: thanks for a very useful reminder.

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/94378
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/93825

      reply	other threads:[~2011-03-20  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-18 15:14 Git fails to detect subcommand when hook is symlinked to a builtin Todd Zullinger
2011-03-19  0:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-19  1:14   ` Todd Zullinger
2011-03-19 19:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-20  8:20       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-03-20  9:09         ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]

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