Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix assumption that git is installed in a standard place on the remote end ssh

On 06/18/07 20:16:47, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

Hi,

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Kevin Green wrote:

quoted

I'm thinking I like the env var idea much more though.  I can just 
export it in my shell and it works in both cases.

And it completely breaks down when you have more than one remotes. Or when 
you cd to another project with another remote. Or etc. IOW it is fragile.

Clearly, the config approach is the only one which makes sense. This 
information is so closely coupled to a specific remote that you should 
store it right where you store all the other remote information, too.

You're absolutely right.  I agree, except that in _my_ environment git will
be in a non-standard path but *always* consistently in the same place.  I'm being
greedy here. :)

The config approach is clearly the most versatile.  The question I have is, is
there a good reason not to provide the third option of setting env var?  I suppose that in the
more likely case this could cause more harm than good, i.e. maybe
this is too specific for my use case.


Thanks

--Kevin