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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 230e50611..e5daae0f9 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -272,9 +272,14 @@ static int run_command(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
prefix = setup_git_directory();
if (p->option & USE_PAGER)
setup_pager();
- if ((p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE) &&
- (!is_inside_work_tree() || is_inside_git_dir()))
- die("%s must be run in a work tree", p->cmd);
+ if (p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE) {
+ const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+ const char *git_dir = get_git_dir();
+ if (!is_absolute_path(git_dir))
+ set_git_dir(make_absolute_path(git_dir));
+ if (!work_tree || chdir(work_tree))
+ die("%s must be run in a work tree", p->cmd);
+ }
trace_argv_printf(argv, argc, "trace: built-in: git");
status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
@@ -310,7 +315,8 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
{ "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
{ "bundle", cmd_bundle },
{ "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP },
- { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index, RUN_SETUP },
+ { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
+ RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
{ "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
{ "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
@@ -445,11 +451,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
cmd = argv[0];
/*
- * We search for git commands in the following order:
- * - git_exec_path()
- * - the path of the "git" command if we could find it
- * in $0
- * - the regular PATH.
+ * We execute external git command via execv_git_cmd(),
+ * which looks at "--exec-path" option, GIT_EXEC_PATH
+ * environment, and $(gitexecdir) in Makefile while built,
+ * in this order. For scripted commands, we prepend
+ * the value of the exec_path variable to the PATH.
*/
if (exec_path)
prepend_to_path(exec_path, strlen(exec_path));