Re: Strangely hosed git install

[Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>]

Martin Langhoff venit, vidit, dixit 28.05.2009 11:34:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Michael J Gruber
> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> Yes, but your shell seems to find git-diff somewhere, so what about:
>>
>> type --all git-diff
>> echo $PATH
> 
> $ type --all git-diff
> bash: type: git-diff: not found
> $ echo $PATH
> /home/martin/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> 
> there is _no other_ git-diff. It's bash magic. See
> http://popey.com/command_not_found

This is insane. Don't they even distinguish between an interactive shell
and a non-interactive one?

> 
> Note that all the key commands work. I clone, diff, commit, push,
> merge daily on this machine.
> 
>> OTOH: The git-pack-objects usage line indicates that you clearly have
>> older plumbing lying around. I suspect there are at least 2 issues on
>> that box.
> 
> Might be. Maybe ~/bin got cleaned up but not libexec? Or the bisecting
> back-and-forth left stray bits in ~/bin?

Well, I would say go "find / git-diff-index", or simply nuke anything
git you find and do a clean install... "find"ing the left over bits
would help making sure that git's own search path is OK.

Michael