commit | 4d5b4c247597a5891beb84d933b8eecb77c76186 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> | Sat Apr 21 13:18:42 2018 +0200 |
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Tue Apr 24 11:12:32 2018 +0900 |
tree | dfdd504a0323222304bfe8fc9064438c466103df | |
parent | 0210231b0803f881bf765bb2d7284c119c6ce9b6 [diff] |
Avoid multiple PREFIX definitions The short and sweet PREFIX can be confused when used in many places. Rename both usages to better describe their purpose. EXEC_CMD_PREFIX is used in full to disambiguate it from the nearby GIT_EXEC_PATH. The PREFIX in sideband.c, while nominally independant of the exec_cmd PREFIX, does reside within libgit[1], so the definitions would clash when taken together with a PREFIX given on the command line for use by exec_cmd.c. Noticed when compiling Git for Windows using MSVC/Visual Studio [1] which reports the conflict beteeen the command line definition and the definition in sideband.c within the libgit project. [1] the libgit functions are brought into a single sub-project within the Visual Studio construction script provided in contrib, and hence uses a single command for both exec_cmd.c and sideband.c. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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