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-rw-r--r--git.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 40162952ba..af747613f0 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "exec_cmd.h"
#include "cache.h"
#include "quote.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
const char git_usage_string[] =
"git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
{
struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *tmp;
+ int status;
strbuf_addf(&cmd, "git-%s", argv[0]);
@@ -406,10 +408,17 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: exec:");
- /* execvp() can only ever return if it fails */
- execvp(cmd.buf, (char **)argv);
-
- trace_printf("trace: exec failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ /*
+ * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
+ * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
+ */
+ status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
+ if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
+ if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
+ die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
+ exit(-status);
+ }
+ errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */
argv[0] = tmp;