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Subject: Re: Bug? Bad permissions in $PATH breaks Git aliases
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:14:13 -0700
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James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mar 26, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
>> Git is not a shell. And I'm sure it is not the only program that has this
>> ... 
>> Don't check the
>> sanity of your PATH by testing how your shell looks up executables.
>
> I'm not claiming that it's sane to have a broken PATH, but as I
> mentioned in an earlier email, sometimes my PATH gets broken through
> no fault of my own, and it would be nice if Git could be more helpful
> in that case.

Hrm, so which was more helpful in diagnosing the broken PATH?  Git by
letting you be aware that there is some problem, or your shell by keeping
me oblivious of the issue?