Re: [PATCH 5/5] run-command: Error out if interpreter not found

[Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
>
>> No thanks. IMHO, this is already too much code for too little gain.
>
> Thanks for bringing a bit of sanity. You have already said it "In which
> way is git different from other tools that execvp other programs?" earlier
> (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/171755/focus=171848)

Well, one tool that it differs from is bash (although bash uses execve
directly I think). Personally I think this whole thing essentially a
lack of information from execv*. Also, I do agree that the code
required for this is quite more than I would have liked, but it will
reduce confusion when things go wrong. It's when things go wrong that
people get annoyed. Annoyed people look for greener grass. If that bit
of annoyance could be reduced, why not go the extra mile for that
little bit of gain?

Being as it is, I'll stop working on this. If this was pretty much
going to be /dev/null'ed from the beginning, I'd rather have heard it
after my first patches.

In any case, it has been an education so far. Thanks for that. And if
there's any issue you think I could start tackling, please don't
hesitate to cc me.

Cheers,
Frans