Re: [PATCH] Set up argv0_path correctly, even when argv[0] is just the basename

Hi,

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Rene Herman wrote:

Adding to the PATH is generally not disallowed by user level security. 
Replacing the GIT binary generally is.

Prepending to the PATH is generally not disallowed either.  And that's 
just as good as replacing the Git binary.

This issue is totally independent of Git.  And it is totally bogus to 
think about the complicated issues when the "weakest link of the chain" is 
much easier to exploit.

Hth,
Dscho