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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 2469eeaefb..ef3ee053de 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIO 1
-
+#define RUN_GIT_CMD	     2	/*If this is to be git sub-command */
 int run_command_v_opt(int argc, char **argv, int opt);
 int run_command_v(int argc, char **argv);
 int run_command(const char *cmd, ...);