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Revision c90d565a46a664663467557d381417a3153fe26e authored by Johannes Sixt on 21 March 2009, 22:21:18 UTC, committed by Junio C Hamano on 22 March 2009, 04:45:14 UTC 
Propagate --exec-path setting to external commands via GIT_EXEC_PATH
 
Let PATH0=$PATH that was set before the invocation.
Let /foo be a build directory.
Let /pfx be the installation prefix.
Let pfxexecpath=/pfx/libexec/git-core.

The following is going on when 'git --exec-path=/foo gc' is invoked:

1. git sets PATH=/foo:$PATH0 using the path from --exec-path

2. gc execs 'git repack' (note: no dash).

3. Since there is a git in /foo (it's a build directory), /foo/git is
   taken.

4. No explicit exec-path is set this time, hence, this secondary git sets
   PATH=$pfxexecpath:/foo:$PATH

5. Since 'repack' is not a built-in, execv_dashed_external execs
   'git-repack' (note: dash).

6. There is a $pfxexecpath/git-repack, and it is taken.

7. This git-repack runs 'git pack-objects' (note: no dash).

8. There is no git in $pfxexecpath, but there is one in /foo. Hence,
   /foo/git is run.

9. pack-objects is a builtin, hence, in effect /foo/git-pack-objects
   is run.

As you can see, the way in which we previously set the PATH allowed to
mix gits of different vintage.  By setting GIT_EXEC_PATH when --exec-path
was given on the command line, we reduce the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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tag.h 
#ifndef TAG_H
#define TAG_H

#include "object.h"

extern const char *tag_type;

struct tag {
	struct object object;
	struct object *tagged;
	char *tag;
	char *signature; /* not actually implemented */
};

extern struct tag *lookup_tag(const unsigned char *sha1);
extern int parse_tag_buffer(struct tag *item, void *data, unsigned long size);
extern int parse_tag(struct tag *item);
extern struct object *deref_tag(struct object *, const char *, int);

#endif /* TAG_H */
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