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When a git command executes a subcommand, it uses the "git
foo" form, which relies on finding "git" in the PATH.
Normally this should not be a problem, since the same "git"
that was used to invoke git in the first place will be
found.  And if somebody invokes a "git" outside of the PATH
(e.g., by giving its absolute path), this case is already
covered: we put that absolute path onto the front of PATH.

However, if one is using "sudo", then sudo will execute the
"git" from the PATH, but pass along a restricted PATH that
may not contain the original "git" directory. In this case,
executing a subcommand will fail.

To solve this, we put the "git" wrapper itself into the
execdir; this directory is prepended to the PATH when git
starts, so the wrapper will always be found.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jeff King authored and Junio C Hamano committed Jul 9, 2009
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endif
bindir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
{ $(RM) "$$execdir/git-add$X" && \
{ $(RM) "$$execdir/git$X" && \
test -z "$(NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS)" && \
ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git-add$X" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git-add$X"; } && \
{ for p in $(filter-out git-add$X,$(BUILT_INS)); do \
ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X"; } && \
{ for p in $(BUILT_INS); do \
$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
ln "$$execdir/git-add$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
ln -s "git-add$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$execdir/git-add$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
done; } && \
./check_bindir "z$$bindir" "z$$execdir" "$$bindir/git-add$X"

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