Exec git programs without using PATH.

The git suite may not be in PATH (and thus programs such as
git-send-pack could not exec git-rev-list).  Thus there is a need for
logic that will locate these programs.  Modifying PATH is not
desirable as it result in behavior differing from the user's
intentions, as we may end up prepending "/usr/bin" to PATH.

- git C programs will use exec*_git_cmd() APIs to exec sub-commands.
- exec*_git_cmd() will execute a git program by searching for it in
  the following directories:
	1. --exec-path (as used by "git")
	2. The GIT_EXEC_PATH environment variable.
	3. $(gitexecdir) as set in Makefile (default value $(bindir)).
- git wrapper will modify PATH as before to enable shell scripts to
  invoke "git-foo" commands.

Ideally, shell scripts should use the git wrapper to become independent
of PATH, and then modifying PATH will not be necessary.

[jc: with minor updates after a brief review.]

Signed-off-by: Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fetch-clone.c b/fetch-clone.c
index f46fe6ecb..859f40094 100644
--- a/fetch-clone.c
+++ b/fetch-clone.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 static int finish_pack(const char *pack_tmp_name, const char *me)
@@ -27,8 +28,7 @@ static int finish_pack(const char *pack_tmp_name, const char *me)
 		dup2(pipe_fd[1], 1);
 		close(pipe_fd[0]);
 		close(pipe_fd[1]);
-		execlp("git-index-pack","git-index-pack",
-		       "-o", idx, pack_tmp_name, NULL);
+		execl_git_cmd("index-pack", "-o", idx, pack_tmp_name, NULL);
 		error("cannot exec git-index-pack <%s> <%s>",
 		      idx, pack_tmp_name);
 		exit(1);
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ int receive_unpack_pack(int fd[2], const char *me, int quiet)
 		dup2(fd[0], 0);
 		close(fd[0]);
 		close(fd[1]);
-		execlp("git-unpack-objects", "git-unpack-objects",
-		       quiet ? "-q" : NULL, NULL);
+		execl_git_cmd("unpack-objects", quiet ? "-q" : NULL, NULL);
 		die("git-unpack-objects exec failed");
 	}
 	close(fd[0]);